Judges 9:34
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
Judges 9:34 in other translations
| BSB | So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies. |
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| WEB | Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. |
| ASV | And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. |
| YLT | And Abimelech riseth, and all the people who are with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem--four detachments; |
| DARBY | And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four companies. |
| BBE | So Abimelech and the people with him got up by night, in four bands, to make a surprise attack on Shechem. |
| Webster | And Abimelech rose, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. |
What does Judges 9:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 9:28-45
28-45. would to God this people were under my hand--He seems to have been a boastful, impudent, and cowardly person, totally unfit to be a leader in a revolutionary crisis. The consequence was that he allowed himself to be drawn into an ambush, was defeated, the city of Shechem destroyed and strewn with salt. The people took refuge in the stronghold, which was set on fire, and all in it perished.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 9:30-49
Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's sons. When God uses men as instruments in his hand to do his work, he means one thing, and they another. That, which they hoped would have been for their welfare, proved a snare and a trap, as those will certainly find, who run to idols for shelter; such will prove a…
Judges 9:34 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Judges 9:33
And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
- Judges 9:34
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
- Judges 9:35
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
Judges 9:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Levantándose pues de noche Abimelech y todo el pueblo que con él estaba, pusieron emboscada contra Sichêm con cuatro compañías. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Abimélec se leva de nuit, et tout le peuple qui était avec lui, et ils se mirent en embuscade contre Sichem, en quatre corps. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Abimelech und alles Volk, das mit ihm war, machten sich in der Nacht auf, und sie legten sich in vier Haufen gegen Sichem in Hinterhalt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Surrexit itaque Abimelech cum omni exercitu suo nocte, et tetendit insidias juxta Sichimam in quatuor locis. |