Judges 9:39
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
Judges 9:39 in other translations
| BSB | So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech, |
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| WEB | Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. |
| ASV | And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. |
| YLT | And Gaal goeth out before the masters of Shechem, and fighteth against Abimelech, |
| DARBY | And Gaal went out before the citizens of Shechem, and fought against Abimelech. |
| BBE | So Gaal went out at the head of the townsmen of Shechem and made war on Abimelech. |
| Webster | And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. |
What does Judges 9:39 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 9:39 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Judges 9:38
Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
- Judges 9:39
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
- Judges 9:40
And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
Judges 9:39 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Gaal salió delante de los de Sichêm, y peleó contra Abimelech. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Gaal sortit devant les hommes de Sichem, et combattit contre Abimélec. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Gaal zog aus vor den Bürgern von Sichem und stritt wider Abimelech. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Abiit ergo Gaal, spectante Sichimorum populo, et pugnavit contra Abimelech, |