Judges 9:45 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.”
Judges 9:45 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 9:45 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 9:45 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city and killed the people in it. He beat down the city and sowed it with salt.”
Judges 9:45 — World English Bible
Judges 9:45 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. ”
Judges 9:45 — American Standard Version
Judges 9:45 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Abimelech hath fought against the city all that day, and captureth the city, and the people who <FI>are<Fi> in it he hath slain, and he breaketh down the city, and soweth it <FI>with<Fi> salt.”
Judges 9:45 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 9:45 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and broke down the city, and sowed it with salt. ”
Judges 9:45 — Darby Translation
Judges 9:45 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And when Abimelech had fought against the citie all that day, he tooke the citie, and slewe the people that was therein, and destroyed the citie and sowed salt in it.”
Judges 9:45 — Geneva Bible
Judges 9:45 in Context — Judges 9
43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
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.
47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
What Does Judges 9:45 Mean?
Judges 9:45 is a verse from the Book of Judges, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Judges chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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