JDG 9:49 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) So all the people also each cut off a branch and then followed Abimelek. They piled them on top of the underground chamber, and that’s how they burnt out the underground chamber. As a result, all the distinguished people in the tower of Shekem also died—about a thousand men and women.

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BrLXX Καὶ ἔκοψαν καί γε ἀνὴρ κλάδον πᾶς ἀνὴρ, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω Ἀβιμέλεχ, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὴν συνέλευσιν, καὶ ἐνεπύρισαν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τὴν συνέλευσιν ἐν πυρί· καὶ ἀπέθανον καί γε πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες πύργου Σικίμων, ὡσεὶ χίλιοι ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες.
(Kai ekopsan kai ge anaʸr kladon pas anaʸr, kai eporeuthaʸsan opisō Abimeleⱪ, kai epethaʸkan epi taʸn suneleusin, kai enepurisan epʼ autous taʸn suneleusin en puri; kai apethanon kai ge pantes hoi andres purgou Sikimōn, hōsei ⱪilioi andres kai gunaikes. )

BrTr And they cut down likewise even every man a branch, and went after Abimelech, and laid them against the place of gathering, and burnt the place of gathering over them with fire; and they died, even all the men of the tower of Sicima, about a thousand men and women.

ULT So all the people also each cut off a branch and they went after Abimelech. Then they piled them on top of the underground chamber, thus on account of them they burned the underground chamber with fire. As a result all the distinguished people in the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.

UST So his men all cut branches carried them down the mountain, following Abimelech. They went to the fortress and piled the branches against its walls. Then they kindled a fire, and the fire burned down the fortress and killed all the people who were inside. So all the people who were inside the fortress—about a thousand men and women—died.

BSB § So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE All the people likewise each cut down his bough, followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.

LSV And every one of the people cuts down his bough and goes after Abimelech, and sets [them] at the high place, and burns the high place with fire by these, and also all the men of the Tower of Shechem die—about one thousand men and women.

FBV Each of them cut down a branch and followed Abimelech. They placed the branches against the strongroom and set it on fire. So all the people who lived in the tower of Shechem died, around one thousand men and women.

T4T So his men all cut branches then carried them down the mountain, following Abimelech. They went to the fortress and piled the branches against its walls. Then they kindled a fire, and the fire burned down the fortress and killed all the people who were inside. So all the people who were inside the fortress—about 1,000 men and women—died.

LEB So the whole army cut down each one branch for himself and followed Abimelech, and they put them against the vault[fn] and set the vault ablaze with fire on those inside, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women.

9:49 Or “cellar”

BBE So all the people got branches, every man cutting down a branch, and they went with Abimelech at their head and, massing the branches against the inner room, put fire to the room over them; so all those who were in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, were burned to death with it.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS 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.

ASV And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

DRA So they cut down boughs from the trees, every man as fast as he could, and followed their leader. And surrounding the fort they set it on fire: and so it came to pass that with the smoke and with the fire a thousand persons were killed, men and women together, of the inhabitants of the tower of Sichem.

YLT And all the people also cut down each one his bough, and go after Abimelech, and set [them] at the high place, and burn by these the high place with fire, and also all the men of the tower of Shechem die, about a thousand men and women.

Drby And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and they followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and burned the hold with fire upon them. And all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

RV 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.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 And all the people likewise cut downe euery man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the holde, and set the holde on fire vpon them: so that all the men of the towre of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And al the men that were among the people, cut downe bowes, and folowed Abimelech, and put them into the hold, and set the holde a fire by them: so that al the men of the towre of Sichem died also, vpon a thousande men & women.
(And all the men that were among the people, cut down bowes, and followed Abimelech, and put them into the hold, and set the hold a fire by them: so that all the men of the tower of Sichem died also, upon a thousand men and women.)

Gnva Then all the people also cut downe euery man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the holde, and set the holde on fire with them: so all the men of the towre of Shechem dyed also, about a thousand men and women.
(Then all the people also cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire with them: so all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. )

Cvdl Then all the people hewed downe euery one a brauch, and folowed Abimelech: and they layed them to the holde, and set fyre vpon them agaynst them and the holde: and all the men of the tower of Sichem dyed thorow the smoke and fyre, vpon a thousande men and wemen.
(Then all the people hewed down every one a brauch, and followed Abimelech: and they laid them to the hold, and set fire upon them against them and the holde: and all the men of the tower of Sichem died through the smoke and fire, upon a thousand men and women.)

Wycl Therfor with strijf thei kittiden doun bowis of the trees, and sueden the duyk; whiche cumpassiden and brenten `the tour; and so it was doon, that with smooke and fier a thousynde of men weren slayn, men togidere and wymmen, of the dwelleris of the tour of Sichem.
(Therefore with strife they kittiden down bowis of the trees, and followed the duyk; which cumpassiden and burntn `the tour; and so it was doon, that with smooke and fire a thousand of men were slayn, men together and women, of the dwellers of the tour of Sichem.)

Luth Da hieb alles Volk ein jeglicher einen Ast ab und folgten Abimelech nach; und legten sie an die Festung und steckten sie mit Feuer an, daß auch alle Männer des Turms zu Sichem starben, bei tausend Mann und Weib.
(So hieb all/everything people a jeglicher a Ast ab and folgten Abimelech nach; and legten they/she/them at the Festung and steckten they/she/them with fire an, that also all men the Turms to Sichem starben, at tausend man and woman.)

ClVg Igitur certatim ramos de arboribus præcidentes, sequebantur ducem. Qui circumdantes præsidium, succenderunt: atque ita factum est, ut fumo et igne mille homines necarentur, viri pariter et mulieres, habitatorum turris Sichem.
(Igitur certatim ramos about arboribus præcidentes, sequebantur ducem. Who circumdantes præsidium, succenderunt: atque ita done it_is, as fumo and igne a_thousand homines necarentur, viri pariter and mulieres, habitatorum turris Sichem. )

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