Judges 9:47
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
Judges 9:47 in other translations
| BSB | And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there, |
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| WEB | Abimelech was told that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. |
| ASV | And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. |
| YLT | and it is declared to Abimelech that all the masters of the tower of Shechem have gathered themselves together, |
| DARBY | And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem had gathered together. |
| BBE | And word was given to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were there together. |
| Webster | And it was told to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were assembled. |
What does Judges 9:47 mean?
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 9:47 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Judges 9:46
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
- Judges 9:47
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
- Judges 9:48
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
Judges 9:47 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fué dicho á Abimelech como todos los de la torre de Sichêm estaban reunidos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et on rapporta à Abimélec que tous les hommes de la tour de Sichem s’étaient rassemblés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es wurde dem Abimelech berichtet, daß alle Bewohner des Turmes von Sichem sich versammelt hätten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Abimelech quoque audiens viros turris Sichimorum pariter conglobatos, |