New American Standard Bible 2020
Judges 9:16-21
16“NowH6258 then, ifH518 you have actedH6213 with 1honestyH571 and integrityH8549 in makingH4427 AbimelechH40 kingH4427, and ifH518 you have dealtH6213 wellH2899 with 2JerubbaalH3378 and his houseH1004, and 3have dealtH6213 with him 4as he deservedH1576H3027-- 17for my fatherH1 foughtH3898 for you, and 5riskedH7993H5048 his lifeH5315 and savedH5337 you from the handH3027 of MidianH4080; 18but in fact you have risenH6965 againstH5921 my father’sH1 houseH1004 todayH3117 and have killedH2026 6his sonsH1121, seventyH7657 menH376, on oneH259 stoneH68, and have madeH4427 AbimelechH40, 7the sonH1121 of his femaleH519 slaveH519, kingH4427 overH5921 the 8leadersH1167 of ShechemH7927, becauseH3588 he is your relativeH251-- 19so ifH518 you have actedH6213 with 9honestyH571 and integrityH8549 toward JerubbaalH3378 and his houseH1004 thisH2088 dayH3117, beH8055 joyfulH8055 about AbimelechH40, and may he alsoH1571 beH8055 joyfulH8055 about you. 20But ifH518 not, may fireH784 comeH3318 outH3318 of AbimelechH40 and consumeH398 the 10leadersH1167 of ShechemH7927 and 11Beth-milloH1037; and may fireH784 comeH3318 outH3318 of the 12leadersH1167 of ShechemH7927 and from 13Beth-milloH1037, and consumeH398 AbimelechH40.” 21Then JothamH3147 escapedH5127 and fledH1272, and wentH1980 to BeerH876; and he stayedH3427 thereH8033 becauseH4480H6440 of his brotherH251 AbimelechH40.
Notes
- 1. Judges 9:16 Or sincerity ↩
- 2. Judges 9:16 Judg 8:35 ↩
- 3. Judges 9:16 Lit if you have ↩
- 4. Judges 9:16 Lit according to the accomplishment of his hands ↩
- 5. Judges 9:17 Lit threw his soul away ↩
- 6. Judges 9:18 Judg 8:30; 9:2, 5 ↩
- 7. Judges 9:18 Judg 8:31 ↩
- 8. Judges 9:18 Or landowners ↩
- 9. Judges 9:19 Or sincerity ↩
- 10. Judges 9:20 Or landowners ↩
- 11. Judges 9:20 Or the house of Millo ↩
- 12. Judges 9:20 Or landowners ↩
- 13. Judges 9:20 Or the house of Millo ↩
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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