Parallel Verses
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.
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 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 said to all that stood against him, Will you plead for Baal? Will you save him? He who contends for him shall be killed by the morning. If he is a god, let him plead for himself, because one has cast down his altar. 32 And on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him because he has thrown down his altar. 33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites, and the sons of the east were gathered together, and went over and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:11
And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived safely.
Judges 7:1
And Jerubbaal (he is Gideon) and all the people that were with him, rose up early and pitched beside the well of Harod, so that the army of the Midianites was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 Samuel 11:21
Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerub-besheth? Did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? And you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Jeremiah 11:13
For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah. And according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal.
Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first-fruit in the fig tree at her first time. But they went to Baal-peor and set themselves apart to a shameful thing; and they became abominable like that which they loved.