JDG 9:27 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐξῆλθον εἰς ἀγρὸν, καὶ ἐτρύγησαν τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπάτησαν, καὶ ἐποίησαν Ἐλλουλίμ· καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν εἰς οἶκον θεοῦ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον, καὶ κατηράσαντο τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ.
(Kai exaʸlthon eis agron, kai etrugaʸsan tous ampelōnas autōn, kai epataʸsan, kai epoiaʸsan Elloulim; kai eisaʸnegkan eis oikon theou autōn, kai efagon kai epion, kai kataʸrasanto ton Abimeleⱪ.)

BrTr And they went out into the field, and gathered their [fn]grapes, and trod them, and [fn]made merry; and they brought the grapes into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

9:27 Gr. vines.

9:27 Gr. made ellulim, a Hebrew word. Alex. χορὺς.

ULT And they went out, into the field and cut off their vineyards and trod, and they made offerings and went, into the house of their god, and they ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

UST Then the people who lived in Shechem went out to their vineyards to pick some grapes. They pressed the grapes to make juice, and from the juice they made wine. They brought some of the wine as an offering into the temple of their god Baal-Berith. There they had a big feast and drank a lot of wine. Then they started cursing Abimelech.

BSB And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered [grapes] from their vineyards, and trodden [them], they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.

OEB No OEB JDG 9:27 book available

WEBBE They went out into the field, harvested their vineyards, trod the grapes, celebrated, and went into the house of their god and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

NET They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, squeezed out the juice, and celebrated. They came to the temple of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

LSV and go out into the field, and gather their vineyards, and tread, and make praises, and go into the house of their god, and eat and drink, and revile Abimelech.

FBV At harvest-time they went out into the countryside and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them. They celebrated by having a festival in the temple of their god, where they ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

T4T They went out of the city to their vineyards and picked some grapes. They pressed the grapes to make juice, and then they made wine. Then they had a feast in the temple of their god, and they ate a lot of food and drank a lot of wine. Then they cursed Abimelech.

LEB They went out into the field and harvested their vineyards and trod them, and they _⌊held a festival_⌋.[fn] And they went into the temple[fn] of their god, and they ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

9:27 Literally “made a rejoicing”

9:27 Or “house”

BBE And they went out into their fields and got in the fruit of their vines, and when the grapes had been crushed, they made a holy feast and went into the house of their god, and over their food and drink they were cursing Abimelech.

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JPS And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

ASV And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

DRA Went out into the fields, wasting the vineyards, and treading down the grapes: and singing and dancing they went into the temple of their god, and in their banquets and cups they cursed Abimelech.

YLT and go out into the field, and gather their vineyards, and tread, and make praises, and go into the house of their god, and eat and drink, and revile Abimelech.

Drby And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made rejoicings, and went into the house of their [fn]god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

9.27 Elohim

RV And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
(And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.)

SLT And they will go forth to the field, and they will gather their vineyards, and they will tread down, and they will make rejoicings, and go in to the house of their God, and they will eat and drink, and curse Abimelech.

Wbstr And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes , and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

KJB-1769 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.[fn]
(And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.)

9.27 merry: or, songs

KJB-1611 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made [fn]merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

9:27 Or, songs.

Bshps And they went out into the fieldes, and gathered in their grapes, & trode them, and made mery, & went into the house of their god, and dyd eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech.
(And they went out into the fields, and gathered in their grapes, and trod them, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.)

Gnva Therefore they went out into the field, and gathered in their grapes and troade them, and made merie, and went into the house of their gods, and did eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech.
(Therefore they went out into the field, and gathered in their grapes and trodden them, and made merry, and went into the house of their gods, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.)

Cvdl and wete out in to the felde, and gathered their vynyardes, and pressed them, and made a daunse, and wente in to their gods house, and ate and dranke, and cursed Abimelech.
(and went out in to the field, and gathered their vineyards, and pressed them, and made a dance, and went in to their gods house, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.)

Wycl and wastiden vyneris, and `to-traden grapis; and with cumpeneys of syngeris maad thei entriden in to `the temple of her God, and among metis and drynkis thei cursiden Abymalech, while Gaal,
(and wasted vineyards, and to-traden grapes; and with companies of singers made they entered in to the temple of her God, and among meats and drinks they cursed Abimelech, while Gaal,)

Luth und zogen heraus aufs Feld und lasen ab ihre Weinberge und kelterten; und machten einen Tanz und gingen in ihres Gottes Haus und aßen und tranken und fluchten dem Abimelech.
(and pulled out_of_here onto field and read ab their/her vineyards and trod_the_winepress; and make a dance(n) and went in theirs/hers God’s house and ate and soak and escapes to_him Abimelech.)

ClVg egressi sunt in agros, vastantes vineas, uvasque calcantes: et factis cantantium choris, ingressi sunt fanum dei sui, et inter epulas et pocula maledicebant Abimelech,
(having_gone_out are in/into/on fields, devastating vineyards, and_grapes treading: and deeds/activities singing dance, having_entered are temple of_god self, and between foods and cups they_cursed Abimelech,)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יֵּצְא֨וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_went_out the=field and,they_gathered_grapes DOM vineyards_of,their and,they_trod_[them] and,they_made festival and=they_came house_of their_god_of,their and,they_ate and,they_drank and,they_cursed DOM ʼAⱱīmelek )

The author is using the pronoun they to mean the people of the city of Shechem. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And the people of Shechem went out]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַֽ⁠יִּבְצְר֤וּ אֶת־כַּרְמֵי⁠הֶם֙

The author is using the term vineyards by association to mean the grapes on the vines in the vineyards. Alternate translation: [and cut clusters of grapes off the vines in their vineyards]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַֽ⁠יִּדְרְכ֔וּ

The author is leaving some information implicit that he assumes readers will understand. He means that the people of Shechem trod on the grapes that they had picked. That is, they stepped on them to squeeze the juice out of them so that they could make wine from it. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [and squeezed the grapes to make wine]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

וַֽ⁠יַּעֲשׂ֖וּ הִלּוּלִ֑ים

Based on its one other use in Leviticus 19:24, the term translated as offerings refers to fruit that people brought into a temple and ate, or drank as juice, as part of a harvest thanksgiving celebration. Alternate translation: [and they prepared fruit offerings to give thanks for their harvest]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בֵּ֣ית אֱֽלֹֽהֵי⁠הֶ֔ם

The author is speaking of the temple of the god that the people of Shechem worshiped as if it were a house in which that false god lived. See how you translated the similar expression in 9:4. Alternate translation: [into the temple of their god]

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Abimelech Seizes Power

Judges 9

Virtually every account in the book of Judges paints this formative period in Israel’s history as a very dark, brutal time when everyone did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 17:6; 21:25). The story of Abimelech’s rise to power is no exception. Judges 6-8 recounts the heroic deeds of Gideon, a Manassite from the clan of Abiezer who rescued the Israelites from the Midianites. After Gideon’s victory, he returned to his hometown of Ophrah, and Israel enjoyed peace for the rest of his lifetime. But Gideon also left a legacy of idolatry by him, by his family, and by many Israelites. Gideon had many wives and seventy sons, as well as a concubine in Shechem who gave birth to another son named Abimelech (Judges 8:29-32). It appears that when Abimelech grew up, he settled in Arumah, (Judges 9:31), just outside Manassite territory in the tribal allotment of Ephraim (Joshua 16-17; see “Poster Map of the Tribe of Manasseh (West) and Its Surroundings, circa 1200 B.C.” map). Perhaps this move to non-Manassite territory reflected Abimelech’s lack of a legitimate heritage from his Manassite father. Later, Abimelech visited his relatives in Shechem and convinced them to persuade the leaders of Shechem to make him ruler over the city. To ensure that none of his seventy brothers, who were legitimate heirs to Gideon, challenged his authority, Abimelech went to Ophrah and killed all but one of them. The only brother to escape was Jotham, the youngest, and he went to the top of Mount Gerizim and warned them against betraying Gideon by making Abimelech king. Then he fled to the town of Beer, perhaps the same as Beeroth near the town of Gibeon. After three years, however, the leaders of Shechem began to grow dissatisfied with Abimelech as their king, and a man named Gaal offered to rule in place of him. Abimelech’s ally Zebul, who was one of the leaders of Shechem, went to Arumah and told Abimelech what Gaal was planning to do. So Gideon and his men split up into four groups and secretly surrounded the city at night. Then they attacked Gaal’s men, and Gaal’s men retreated into Shechem. Zebul drove them back out into the fields, and Abimelech’s men defeated them and captured the city. Some of the leaders of Shechem fled into the temple of El-berith (or Baal-berith), but Abimelech and his men cut down branches from Mount Zalmon (likely Mount Ebal just north of Shechem) and set fire to the temple, killing about 1000 people inside. Then Abimelech and his men went to Thebez and attacked the city. Many of the citizens took refuge inside a strong tower in the town, and Abimelech prepared to set fire to the entrance. But a woman on the roof dropped a millstone on his head, crushing his skull, so Abimelech commanded his armor bearer to kill him.

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