Judges 9:53
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
Judges 9:53 in other translations
| BSB | But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull. |
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| WEB | A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull. |
| ASV | And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull. |
| YLT | and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull, |
| DARBY | and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull. |
| BBE | But a certain woman sent a great stone, such as is used for crushing grain, on to the head of Abimelech, cracking the bone. |
| Webster | And a certain woman cast a piece of of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull. |
What does Judges 9:53 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 9:51-53
51-53. all the men and women, ... gat them up to the top of the tower--The Canaanite forts were generally mountain fastnesses or keeps, and they often had a strong tower which served as a last refuge. The Assyrian bas-reliefs afford counterparts of the scene here described so vivid and exact, that we might almost suppose them to be representations of the same historic events. The besieged city--the strong tower…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 9:50-57
The Shechemites were ruined by Abimelech; now he is reckoned with, who was their leader in villany. Evil pursues sinners, and sometimes overtakes them, when not only at ease, but triumphant. Though wickedness may prosper a while, it will not prosper always. The history of mankind, if truly told, would greatly resemble that of this chapter. The records of what are called splendid events present to us such contests…
Judges 9:53 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 9:53
- 2 Samuel 11:21
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
- Job 31:3
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
- Jeremiah 49:20
Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
- Jeremiah 50:45
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
- Judges 9:20
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
- Judges 9:15
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
- 2 Samuel 20:21
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
15,20; 2Sa 11:21; 20:21; Job 31:3; Jer 49:20; 50:45
and all to.An antiquated expression, meaning "full intention" to complete an object. "All to," observes Dr. Johnson, "is a particle of mere enforcement." The original is {wattaritz eth gulgalto,} which is simply as the LXX. render [kai eklase to kranion autou,] "and she brake his skull." Plutarch relates, that Pyrrhus was killed at the siege of Thebes, by a piece of a tile, which a woman threw upon his head.
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Context
- Judges 9:52
And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
- Judges 9:53
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
- Judges 9:54
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.
Judges 9:53 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas una mujer dejó caer un pedazo de una rueda de molino sobre la cabeza de Abimelech, y quebróle los cascos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et une femme jeta sur la tête d’Abimélec une meule tournante, et lui brisa le crâne. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da warf ein Weib den oberen Stein einer Handmühle auf den Kopf Abimelechs und zerschmetterte ihm den Schädel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et ecce una mulier fragmen molæ desuper jaciens, illisit capiti Abimelech, et confregit cerebrum ejus. |