Judges 9:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:”
Judges 9:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 9:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 9:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“(for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;”
Judges 9:17 — World English Bible
Judges 9:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: ”
Judges 9:17 — American Standard Version
Judges 9:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from <FI>him<Fi> , and deliver you from the hand of Midian;”
Judges 9:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 9:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“— for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian; ”
Judges 9:17 — Darby Translation
Judges 9:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“(For my father fought for you, and aduentured his life, and deliuered you out of the handes of Midian.”
Judges 9:17 — Geneva Bible
Judges 9:17 in Context — 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.
16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
18 And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
What Does Judges 9:17 Mean?
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