JDG 9:32 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ νῦν ἀνάστηθι νυκτὸς, καὶ ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετὰ σου, καὶ ἐνέδρευσον ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ.
(Kai nun anastaʸthi nuktos, kai ho laos ho meta sou, kai enedreuson en tōi agrōi.)

BrTr And now rise up by night, thou and the people with thee, and lay wait in the field.

ULT So now arise, at night, you and the people who, are with you, and hide in the field.

UST So you and your troops should come here at night, when no one will see you, and hide in the area outside the city.

BSB & MSB Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.

OEB No OEB JDG 9:32 book available

WEBBE & WMBB Now therefore, go up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field.

NET Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.

LSV and now, rise by night, you and the people who [are] with you, and lay wait in the field,

FBV So come at night with your army and hide in the countryside.

T4T You and your men should get up during the night and go and hide in the fields outside the city.

LEB So then, get up by night, you and the army that is with you, and lie in ambush in the field.

BBE So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;

Moff No Moff JDG 9:32 book available

JPS Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field.

ASV Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

DRA Arise therefore in the night with the people that is with thee and he hid in the field:

YLT and, now, rise by night, thou and the people who [are] with thee, and lay wait in the field,

Drby and now, rise up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in ambush in the fields.

RV Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
(Now therefore, up by night, thou/you and the people that is with thee/you, and lie in wait in the field:)

SLT And now, rise up by night, thou and the people which are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

Wbstr Now therefore rise by night, thou, and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

KJB-1769 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
(Now therefore up by night, thou/you and the people that is with thee/you, and lie in wait in the field:)

KJB-1611 Now therefore vp by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Now therfore vp by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the fielde.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Gnva Now therefore arise by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the fielde.
(Now therefore arise by night, thou/you and the people that is with thee/you, and lie in wait in the field.)

Cvdl Arise therfore by nyght, thou and thy people that is with the, and laye wayte for the in the felde:
(Arise therefore by night, thou/you and thy/your people that is with them, and lay wait for the in the field:)

Wycl therfor rise thou bi niyt with the puple, which is with thee, and be thou hid in the feeld;
(therefore rise thou/you by night with the people, which is with thee/you, and be thou/you hid in the field;)

Luth So mache dich nun auf bei der Nacht, du und dein Volk, das bei dir ist, und mache einen Hinterhalt auf sie im Felde.
(So make you/yourself now on/in/to at/in the/of_the night, you(sg) and your(s) people, the at/in you/to_you(sg) is, and make a ambush on/in/to they/she/them in_the field.)

ClVg Surge itaque nocte cum populo qui tecum est, et latita in agro:[fn]
(Get_up therefore at_night when/with to_the_people who/which with_you it_is, and keep_hiding_oneself in/into/on field:)

9.32 Surge. ID., quæst. 46. Et nunc surge nocte tu et populus tuus tecum, et insidiare. Quidam Latini habent maturabis, etc., usque ad Deus quarto die conderet solem.

9.32 Get_up. ID., quest. 46. And now get_up at_night you(sg) and the_people your(sg) with_you, and you_lie_in_wait. Some Latin they_have you_will_ripen, etc., until to God quarto day would_found the_sun.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

וְ⁠עַתָּה֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now come night you(ms) and,the,people which/who [is]_with,you and,lie_in_wait in,field )

The messengers are not using the word now to mean “at this moment.” They are using the word to draw attention to the important point that follows. Alternate translation: [So this is what you should do:]

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

ק֣וּם & וֶ⁠אֱרֹ֖ב

come & and,lie_in_wait

While these are imperatives, the messengers are using them to communicate a recommendation from Zebul rather than a command. Translate them with a form that someone would use in your language to address a superior. Alternate translation: [I would recommend that you arise … and hide]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ק֣וּם

come

See how you translated the word arise in [4:14](../04/14.md). While Abimelech and his troops would have to get up out of bed in order to travel to Shechem at night, the meaning is not simply that they should do that, but that they should take action to defeat the rebellion. Alternate translation: [get going] or, perhaps more deferentially, [take action]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בַּ⁠שָּׂדֶֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now come night you(ms) and,the,people which/who [is]_with,you and,lie_in_wait in,field )

Since [9:36](../09/36.md) indicates that Abimelech and his troops launched their attack from “the tops of the hills,” and the people of Shechem grew their crops in the valley between the hills, not up on the hills, the messengers are probably using the word field to mean the open area outside the city. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [in the countryside]

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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.

Parallel JDG 9:32

Abimelech Seizes Power