JDG 9:42 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ λαὸς εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν, καὶ ἀνήγγειλε τῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ.
(Kai egeneto taʸ epaurion kai exaʸlthen ho laos eis ton agron, kai anaʸngeile tōi Abimeleⱪ.)

BrTr And it came to pass on the second day that the people went out into the field, and one brought word to Abimelech.

ULT And it happened on the next day that the people went out, to the field, and they reported, this to Abimelech.

UST Then, the next day, the people of Shechem were getting ready to leave the city and go out and work in their fields. Someone told Abimelech what they were going to do.

BSB & MSB The next day the people [of Shechem] went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.

OEB No OEB JDG 9:42 book available

WEBBE & WMBB On the next day, the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

NET The next day the Shechemites came out to the field. When Abimelech heard about it,

LSV And it comes to pass, on the next day, that the people go out to the field, and they declare [it] to Abimelech,

FBV The following day the people of Shechem went out to the fields, and Abimelech was informed about it.

T4T The next day, the people of Shechem got ready to leave the city and work in their fields. When someone told Abimelech about that,

LEB On the next day the people went out to the field; and it was reported to Abimelech,

BBE Now the day after, the people went out into the fields; and news of it came to Abimelech.

Moff No Moff JDG 9:42 book available

JPS And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and it was told Abimelech.

ASV And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

DRA So the day following the people went out into the field. And it was told Abimelech.

YLT And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the people go out to the field, and they declare [it] to Abimelech,

Drby And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

RV And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

SLT And it will be from the morrow, and the people will go forth to the field; and they will announce to Abimelech.

Wbstr And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

KJB-1769 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

KJB-1611 And it came to passe on the morrow, that the people went out into the field, and they tolde Abimelech.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And on the morow, the people wet out into the fielde: And they told Abimelech.
(And on the morrow, the people wet out into the field: And they told Abimelech.)

Gnva And on the morowe, the people went out into the fielde: which was tolde Abimelech.
(And on the morrow, the people went out into the field: which was told Abimelech.)

Cvdl Vpon the morowe wente the people forth into ye felde. Wha this was tolde Abimelech,
(Upon the morrow went the people forth into ye/you_all field. When this was told Abimelech,)

Wycl Therfor in the dai suynge the puple yede out in to the feeld; and whanne this thing was teld to Abymelech,
(Therefore in the day suing the people went out in to the field; and when this thing was told to Abimelech,)

Luth Auf den Morgen aber ging das Volk heraus aufs Feld. Da das Abimelech ward angesagt,
(On/Up the morning but went the people out_of_here onto field. So the Abimelech what/which announced,)

ClVg Sequenti ergo die, egressus est populus in campum. Quod cum nuntiatum esset Abimelech,
(Following therefore day, going_out it_is the_people in/into/on field. That when/with announced was Abimelech,)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-tense

וַ⁠יֵּצֵ֥א

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_[the],next_day and=he/it_went_out the,people the=field and,people_told to,Abimelech )

It is clear from the narrative that this action was not completed by the time it was reported to Abimelech. It was something that the people were planning to do and that was in process. It may be more natural in your language to use a different verb tense to indicate this. Alternate translation: [that … were going out]

Note 2 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

הַ⁠שָּׂדֶ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_[the],next_day and=he/it_went_out the,people the=field and,people_told to,Abimelech )

The author is using the word field to mean all of the cultivated land around Shechem. It may be more natural in your language to use the plural form of that word, here and in the next two verses. Alternate translation: [to the fields]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יַּגִּ֖דוּ לַ⁠אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_[the],next_day and=he/it_went_out the,people the=field and,people_told to,Abimelech )

Here the author is not using they to refer to specific people. Use an expression for this that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and the people reported this to Abimelech] or [and this was reported to Abimelech]

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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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