Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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."
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.'
Themes
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Altars of, destroyed by gideon
Decision » Instances of » gideon
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » gideon
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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 will say to all who stood against him, Will ye contend for Baal? or will ye save him? whoever will contend for him shall die during the morning: if he is a god he will be mighty for himself, for he threw down his altar. 32 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. 33 And all Midian and Amalek, and the sons of the east were gathered together, and they will pass over and they will encamp in the valley of Jezreel.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:11
And Jehovah will send Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and he will deliver you from the hand of your enemies from round about, and ye shall dwell confidently.
Judges 7:1
And Jerub-Baal (he is Gideon) will rise early and all the people that is with him, and they will encamp by the fountain of Harod: and the camp of Midian was to him from the north from the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 Samuel 11:21
Who struck Abimelech, son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast upon him a piece of the upper millstone from above the wall, and he will die in Thebez? Wherefore drew ye near to the wall? And say thou, Also thy servant, Uriah the Hittite died.
Jeremiah 11:13
For from the numbering of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and from the numbering of the streets of Jerusalem, ye set up altars to shame, altars to burn incense to Baal.
Hosea 9:10
I found Israel as grapes in the desert; as the first fruit in the fig-tree in her beginning I saw your fathers: they went to Baal-Peor, and they will separate themselves to shame, and their abominable things will be according to their love.