Judges 9:47 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.”
Judges 9:47 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 9:47 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 9:47 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Abimelech was told that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.”
Judges 9:47 — World English Bible
Judges 9:47 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.”
Judges 9:47 — American Standard Version
Judges 9:47 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and it is declared to Abimelech that all the masters of the tower of Shechem have gathered themselves together,”
Judges 9:47 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 9:47 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem had gathered together.”
Judges 9:47 — Darby Translation
Judges 9:47 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And it was tolde Abimelech, that all the men of the towre of Shechem were gathered together.”
Judges 9:47 — Geneva Bible
Judges 9:47 in Context — Judges 9
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.
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.
49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
What Does Judges 9:47 Mean?
Judges 9:47 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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