American Standard Version
Judges 9:56
56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
Judges 9:56 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
- New International Version (NIV)Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelek had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.
Context of Judges 9:56
54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren; 57and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
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וַיָּ֣שֶׁב אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֵ֖ת רָעַ֣ת אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְאָבִ֔יו לַהֲרֹ֖ג אֶת־שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶחָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 9:56
- Judges 9:45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- Job 31:3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
- Psalms 9:12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
- Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
- Psalms 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
- Psalms 94:23And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
- Matthew 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
- Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.
- Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:
Commentaries on Judges 9:56
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 56Thus God rendered, etc. - Both the fratricide Abimelech, and the unprincipled men of Shechem, had the iniquity visited upon them of which they had been guilty. Man's judgment may be avoided; but there is no escape from the judgments of God. I Have said that the fable of Jotham is the oldest, and perhaps the best, in the world; and referred for other particulars to the end of the chapter. On the general subject of fable, apologue, and parable, the reader…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 50-57Verses 50-57 The Shechemites were ruined by Abimelech; now he is reckoned with, who was their leader in villany. Evil pursues sinners, and sometimes overtakes them, when not only at ease, but triumphant. Though wickedness may prosper a while, it will not prosper always. The history of mankind, if truly told, would greatly resemble that of this chapter. The records of what are called splendid events present to us such contests for power. Such scenes…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 56-57The theological summary revisits Jotham’s fable (Judges 9:24). Abimelech lacked divine charisma, and his death due to divine vengeance brought justice to Gideon’s family. Israel’s attempt at kingship without divine guidance showed the dangers of leadership not from God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 50-5750. Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez--now Tubas--not far from Shechem.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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