HERO 9:56 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν πονηρίαν Ἀβιμέλεχ, ἣν ἐποίησε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, ἀποκτεῖναι τοὺς ἑβδομήκοντα ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ.
(Kai epestrepsen ho Theos taʸn ponaʸrian Abimeleⱪ, haʸn epoiaʸse tōi patri autou, apokteinai tous hebdomaʸkonta adelfous autou.)

BrTr So God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he wrought against his father, in slaying his seventy brethren.

ULT So God turned back the evil of Abimelech, which he did to his father by killing his 70 brothers.

UST In that way, God punished Abimelech for murdering all 70 of his brothers. When Abimelech did that, he did a wicked thing to his father.

BSB In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.

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WEBBE Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;

NET God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.

LSV and God turns back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brothers;

FBV This is how God paid back Abimelech's crime against his father of murdering his seventy brothers.

T4T In that way God punished Abimelech for the evil things that he had done to his father and especially for killing all 69 of his brothers.

LEB So God repaid[fn] the wickedness[fn] that Abimelech committed against his father by killing his seventy brothers.

9:56 Or “returned”

9:56 Or “evil”

BBE In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;

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JPS Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

ASV Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

DRA And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.

YLT and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren;

Drby And [fn]God rendered back the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in slaying his seventy brethren.

9.56 Elohim

RV Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
(Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren/brothers:)

SLT And God will turn back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father for killing his seventy brethren.

Wbstr Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

KJB-1769 ¶ Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
(¶ Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren/brothers:)

KJB-1611 ¶ Thus God rendred the wickednesse of Abimelech which hee did vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie brethren.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Thus God rendred the wickednesse of Abimelech which he dyd vnto his father, in sleyng his seuentie brethren.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva Thus God rendred the wickednes of Abimelech, which he did vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie brethren.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Cvdl Thus God recompenced Abimelech the euell that he had done vnto his father, wha he slewe his threscore and ten brethren:
(Thus God recompensed Abimelech the evil that he had done unto his father, when he slew/killed his threescore and ten brethren/brothers:)

Wycl And God yeldide to Abymelech the yuel that he dide ayens his fadir, for he killide hise seuenti britheren.
(And God yielded to Abimelech the evil that he did against his father, for he killed his seventy brethren/brothers.)

Luth Also bezahlte GOtt Abimelech das Übel, das er an seinem Vater getan hatte, da er seine siebenzig Brüder erwürgete.
(So paid God Abimelech the evil, the he at/to his father did had, there he his seventy brothers strangled.)

ClVg et reddidit Deus malum quod fecerat Abimelech contra patrem suum, interfectis septuaginta fratribus suis.
(and returned God evil that had_done Abimelech on_the_contrary father his_own, having_been_killed seventy brothers to_his_own.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-endofstory

וַ⁠יָּ֣שֶׁב אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֵ֖ת רָעַ֣ת אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְ⁠אָבִ֔י⁠ו לַ⁠הֲרֹ֖ג אֶת־שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶחָֽי⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_repaid ʼElohīm DOM evil ʼAⱱīmelek which/who he/it_had_made to,father_of,his by,killing DOM seventy brothers_of,his )

In this verse and the next one, the author concludes the story by explaining that God punished Abimelech and the men of Shechem for what they did to Gideon’s family. Your language may have its own way of concluding a story.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_repaid ʼElohīm DOM evil ʼAⱱīmelek which/who he/it_had_made to,father_of,his by,killing DOM seventy brothers_of,his )

The author is speaking as if the evil that Abimelech did had literally been moving away from him and God turned it back so that it returned to him and harmed him. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [So God made Abimelech experience the same kind of harm he had done to his father by killing his 70 brothers]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֵ֖ת רָעַ֣ת אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְ⁠אָבִ֔י⁠ו

DOM evil ʼAⱱīmelek (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_repaid ʼElohīm DOM evil ʼAⱱīmelek which/who he/it_had_made to,father_of,his by,killing DOM seventy brothers_of,his )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of evil, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the evil thing that Abimelech had done to his father]

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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 HERO 9:56

Abimelech Seizes Power