Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Jotham ran away and fled and went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
New American Standard Bible
Then Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer and remained there because of Abimelech his brother.
King James Version
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Holman Bible
Then Jotham fled, escaping to Beer, and lived there because of his brother Abimelech.
International Standard Version
Then Jotham escaped by running away. He went to Beer and remained there because of his brother Abimelech.
A Conservative Version
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
American Standard Version
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Amplified
Then Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer and lived there because of Abimelech his brother.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jotham straight away went in flight to Beer, and was living there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
Darby Translation
And Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abim'elech his brother.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jotham will flee, and break away, and he will go to the well and will dwell there from the face of Abimelech his brother.
King James 2000
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer; he remained there because of Abimelech his brother.
Modern King James verseion
And Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there for fear of Abimelech his brother.
NET Bible
Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.
New Heart English Bible
And Jotham escaped and fled and went to Beer and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
The Emphasized Bible
And Jotham hasted away, and fled, and went to Beer, - and dwelt there, away from the face of Abimelech his brother.
Webster
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
World English Bible
Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jotham hasteth, and fleeth, and goeth to Beer, and dwelleth there, from the face of Abimelech his brother.
Themes
Beer » A town in the territory of the tribe of judah
Fatherless » Exemplified » Jotham
Jotham » Son of gideon » Rebukes the shechemites with the parable about the trees
Interlinear
Yashab
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 9:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abimelech Attempts To Become King
20 But, if ye have not dealt truly, then I pray God a fire may come out of Abimelech and consume the citizens of Shechem and the house of Mello. And that there come a fire out of the citizens of Shechem, and out of the house of Mello and consume Abimelech." 21 And Jotham ran away and fled and went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. 22 When Abimelech had reigned three years,
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 21:16
And from thence they came to Bear, which is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, "Gather the people together, that I may give them water."
Joshua 19:8
And thereto all the villages that lie round about these cities, even unto Baalathbeer and Ramah, southward. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon in their kindreds.
2 Samuel 20:14
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel-Bethmaacah and all Berim. And the people gathered unto him and went also after him.