Judges 9:51 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.”
Judges 9:51 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Judges 9:51 in 6 Bible Translations
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Judges 9:51 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women of the city fled there, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.”
Judges 9:51 — World English Bible
Judges 9:51 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower. ”
Judges 9:51 — American Standard Version
Judges 9:51 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and a strong tower hath been in the midst of the city, and thither flee do all the men and the women, and all the masters of the city, and they shut <FI>it<Fi> behind them, and go up on the roof of the tower.”
Judges 9:51 — Young's Literal Translation
Judges 9:51 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither fled all the men and women, all the citizens of the city; and they shut it behind them, and went up to the roof of the tower. ”
Judges 9:51 — Darby Translation
Judges 9:51 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But there was a strong towre within the citie, and thither fledde all the men and women, and all the chiefe of the citie, and shut it to them, and went vp to the toppe of the towre.”
Judges 9:51 — Geneva Bible
Judges 9:51 in Context — Judges 9
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.
50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
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.
53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
What Does Judges 9:51 Mean?
Judges 9:51 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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