Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;
New American Standard Bible
Thus
King James Version
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Holman Bible
In this way, God turned back on Abimelech the evil that he had done against his father, by killing his 70 brothers.
International Standard Version
That's how God repaid Abimelech for the evil thing he did to his father by killing his 70 brothers.
A Conservative Version
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers.
American Standard Version
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
Amplified
In this way God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father [Jerubbaal] by killing his seventy brothers.
Darby Translation
Thus God requited the crime of Abim'elech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;
Julia Smith Translation
And God will turn back the evil of Abimelech which he did. to his father for killing his seventy brethren.
King James 2000
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Lexham Expanded Bible
So God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech committed against his father by killing his seventy brothers.
Modern King James verseion
And God repaid the evil of Abimelech, that which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thus all the wickedness of Abimelech which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren,
NET Bible
God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.
New Heart English Bible
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
The Emphasized Bible
Thus did God requite the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
Webster
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
World English Bible
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
Youngs Literal Translation
and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren;
Themes
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Abimelech
Thebez » A city » A city, at which abimelech was killed while besieging
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 9:56
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abimelech's Death
55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went away, every man to his place. 56 In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death; 57 And God sent back on to the heads of the men of Shechem all the evil they had done, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came on them.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 94:23
And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
Judges 9:24
So that punishment for the violent attack made on the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for their blood, might come on Abimelech, their brother, who put them to death, and on the townsmen of Shechem who gave him their help in putting his brothers to death.
Proverbs 5:22
The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Job 31:3
Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?
Psalm 9:12
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
Psalm 11:6
On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.
Psalm 58:10-11
The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.
Matthew 7:2
For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
Acts 28:4
And when the people saw it hanging on his hand, they said to one another, Without doubt this man has put someone to death, and though he has got safely away from the sea, God will not let him go on living.
Galatians 6:7
Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
Revelation 19:20-21
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.