Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, 'The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'
New American Standard Bible
Therefore on that day he named him
King James Version
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
Holman Bible
That day, Gideon’s father called him Jerubbaal, saying, “Let Baal plead his case with him,” because he tore down his altar.
International Standard Version
So that very day he named Gideon Jerubbaal, that is, "Let Baal fight," since he had torn down his altar.
A Conservative Version
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him because he has broken down his altar.
American Standard Version
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar.
Amplified
Therefore on that day he named Gideon Jerubbaal,
Bible in Basic English
So that day he gave him the name of Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal take up his cause against him because his altar has been broken down.
Darby Translation
Therefore on that day he was called Jerubba'al, that is to say, "Let Ba'al contend against him," because he pulled down his altar.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will call to him in that day, Baal will be powerful, saying, Baal will be mighty against him because he threw down his altar.
King James 2000
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he has thrown down his altar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus, on that day he was called Jerub-Baal, {which means}, "Let Baal contend against him," because he had pulled down his altar.
Modern King James verseion
And on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him because he has thrown down his altar.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he called Gideon "Jerubbaal" the same time, saying "Let Baal strive with him because he hath broken down his altar."
NET Bible
That very day Gideon's father named him Jerub-Baal, because he had said, "Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down."
New Heart English Bible
Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar."
The Emphasized Bible
So he was called on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, - Let Baal, plead against him. Because he had overthrown his altar.
Webster
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
World English Bible
Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar."
Themes
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Altars of, destroyed by gideon
Decision » Instances of » gideon
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » gideon
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 6:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Gideon Destroys The Altar
31 And Joash saith to all who have stood against him, 'Ye, do ye plead for Baal? ye -- do ye save him? he who pleadeth for him is put to death during the morning; if he is a god he himself doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.' 32 And he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, 'The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.' 33 And all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east have been gathered together, and pass over, and encamp in the valley of Jezreel,
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:11
'And Jehovah sendeth Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivereth you out of the hand of your enemies round about, and ye dwell confidently.
Judges 7:1
And Jerubbaal (he is Gideon) riseth early, and all the people who are with him, and they encamp by the well of Harod, and the camp of Midian hath been on the south of him, on the height of Moreh, in the valley.
2 Samuel 11:21
Who smote Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast on him a piece of a rider from the wall, and he dieth in Thebez? why drew ye nigh unto the wall? that thou hast said, Also thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.'
Jeremiah 11:13
For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, And -- the number of the streets of Jerusalem Ye have placed altars to a shameful thing, Altars to make perfume to Baal.
Hosea 9:10
As grapes in a wilderness I found Israel, As the first-fruit in a fig-tree, at its beginning, I have seen your fathers, They -- they have gone in to Baal-Peor, And are separated to a shameful thing, And are become abominable like their love.