JDG 9:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then all of the prominent citizens of Shekem and all of Beyt-Millo assembled themselves, and they went and installed Abimelek as king beside an oak tree near the standing pillar[fn] that was in Shekem.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ συνήχθησαν πάντες ἄνδρες Σικίμων, καὶ πᾶς οἶκος Βηθμααλὼ, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν, καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ πρὸς τῇ βαλάνῳ τῇ εὑρετῇ τῆς στάσεως τῆς ἐν Σικίμοις.
(Kai sunaʸⱪthaʸsan pantes andres Sikimōn, kai pas oikos Baʸthmaʼalō, kai eporeuthaʸsan, kai ebasileusan ton Abimeleⱪ pros taʸ balanōi taʸ heuretaʸ taʸs staseōs taʸs en Sikimois. )

BrTr And all the men of Sicima, and all the house of Bethmaalo, were gathered together, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak [fn]of Sedition, which was at Sicima.

9:6 Heb. מעכ. this is an instance of double translation, στάσεως being given for מעכ, and εὐρετῆ having reference to the word מעא to find; but Alex. rightly omits εὐρετῆ.

ULT Then all of the prominent citizens of Shechem and all of Beth Millo assembled themselves and they went and installed Abimelech as king beside an oak tree near the standing pillar that was in Shechem.

UST Then all the leaders of the towns of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered under the big sacred tree at Shechem. There they appointed Abimelech to be their leader.

BSB § Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak [fn] at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together with all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.

LSV And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which [is] in Shechem;

FBV Then the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo all assembled by the oak at the pillar in Shechem and made Abimelech their king.

T4T Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered under the big sacred tree in Shechem. There they appointed Abimelech to be their leader.

LEB All the lords of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered, and they went and made Abimelech as king, near the oak[fn] of the pillar that is at Shechem.

9:6 Or “terebinth”

BBE And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their king, by the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all Beth-millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the terebinth of the pillar that was in Shechem.

ASV And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

DRA And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem.

YLT And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which [is] in Shechem;

Drby And all the citizens of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the memorial-oak that is in Shechem.

RV And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

Wbstr And all the men of Shechem assembled, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

KJB-1769 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.[fn]

9.6 plain: or, oak

KJB-1611 [fn]And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech King, by the plaine of the pillar that was in Shechem.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

9:6 Or, by the oke of the pillar. See Iosh.24. 26.

Bshps And all the men of Sichem gathered together, and al the house of Mello, and came and made Abimelech kyng in the playne, where the stone was in Sichem.
(And all the men of Sichem gathered together, and all the house of Mello, and came and made Abimelech king in the playne, where the stone was in Sichem.)

Gnva And all the men of Shechem gathered together with all the house of Millo, and came and made Abimelech King in the playne, where the stone was erected in Shechem.

Cvdl And all the men of Sichem, and all the house of Millo gathered them selues together, and wente and made Abimelech kynge by the Oke that stondeth at Sichem.
(And all the men of Sichem, and all the house of Millo gathered themselves together, and went and made Abimelech king by the Oak that stondeth at Sichem.)

Wycl Forsothe alle the men of Sichem, and alle the meynees of the citee of Mello, weren gadirid to gydere, and thei yeden, and maden Abymelech kyng, bysidis the ook that stood in Sichem.
(Forsothe all the men of Sichem, and all the meynees of the city of Mello, were gathered to gydere, and they yeden, and maden Abymelech king, bysidis the oak that stood in Sichem.)

Luth Und es versammelten sich alle Männer von Sichem und das ganze Haus Millo, gingen hin und machten Abimelech zum Könige bei der hohen Eiche, die zu Sichem stehet.
(And it gathereden itself/yourself/themselves all men from Sichem and the ganze house Millo, went there and make Abimelech for_the kings/king at the/of_the hohen Eiche, the to Sichem stands.)

ClVg Congregati sunt autem omnes viri Sichem, et universæ familiæ urbis Mello: abieruntque et constituerunt regem Abimelech, juxta quercum quæ stabat in Sichem.
(Congregati are however everyone viri Sichem, and universæ familiæ urbis Mello: they_are_goneque and constituerunt regem Abimelech, next_to quercum which stabat in Sichem. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

וְ⁠כָל־בֵּ֣ית מִלּ֔וֹא

and=all house_of מִלּוֹא

The expression Beth Millo could be: (1) an expression meaning “the house of Millo,” that is, the residents of a place that was described by that term, which means a fortification. This could be the same place as the “citadel” described in 9:46. These might therefore have been soldiers or military officers. Alternate translation: “and all of the officers from the citadel” (2) the name of a town near Shechem. In that case, the author may be leaving the phrase the lords of to be understood implicitly in this second instance. Alternate translation: “and all of the leaders of the nearby town of Beth Millo”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עִם־אֵל֥וֹן מֻצָּ֖ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּ⁠שְׁכֶֽם

with oak/large_tree pillar which/who in/on/at/with,Shechem

The author assumes that readers will know what oak and pillar he is referring to. Joshua had set up the pillar under that oak there in Shechem as a witness of the covenant that the Israelites had made with Yahweh to worship him alone as their God (Joshua 24:26–27). You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “beside the oak in Shechem under which Joshua had set up a pillar”

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

עִם־אֵל֥וֹן מֻצָּ֖ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּ⁠שְׁכֶֽם

with oak/large_tree pillar which/who in/on/at/with,Shechem

Making Abimelek king next to this pillar under this oak tree was a symbolic action, given the history of the place. Since the lords of Shechem had given Abimelek money from the temple of Baal-Berith to establish himself as king, Baal-Berith was Abimelek’s patron god. So the location of this ceremony was intended to signify that, in place of their covenant with Yahweh, the people were installing a king who would lead them in the worship of Baal-Berith. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “under the patronage of Baal-Berith, beside the very same oak tree in Shechem where Joshua had set up a pillar to remind the Israelites of their covenant with Yahweh”

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