Judges 9:56
54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
- KJV
- Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
- WEB
- Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;
- ASV
- Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
- DARBY
- And God rendered back the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in slaying his seventy brethren.
- BLB
- And God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.
- ÅB
- Slik gjengjeldte Gud all den ondskap som Abimelek gjorde mot sin far dengang han slo sine sytti brødre ihjel.
- OTB
- Slik gjengjeldte Gud ondskapen som Abimelek hadde gjort mot sin far ved å myrde sine sytti brødre.
- B1930
- Således gjengjeldte Gud all den ondskap som Abimelek gjorde mot sin far dengang han slo sine sytti brødre ihjel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 94:23
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Read in contextPsalms 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Read in contextPsalms 58:10–11
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Read in contextMatthew 7:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Read in contextGalatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Read in contextPsalms 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Read in contextJudges 9:24
That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
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