Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers.

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.

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;

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

H40
אבימלך 
'Abiymelek 
Usage: 67

in slaying
הרג 
Harag 
Usage: 166

שׁבעים 
Shib`iym 
Usage: 91

References

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

Abimelech's Death

55 And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed each one unto his place. 56 Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem God rendered upon their heads, and upon them came the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal.

Cross References

Psalm 94:23

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

Judges 9:24

that the cruelty done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal and their blood might come to be laid upon Abimelech their brother who slew them and upon the men of Shechem, who aided him in the killing of his brethren.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities shall take hold of the wicked, and he shall be imprisoned with the cords of his sins.

Job 31:3

Is there no destruction for the wicked? And banishment for the workers of iniquity?

Psalm 9:12

When he makes requirement for blood, he remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the humble.

Psalm 11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, with winds of whirlwinds: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 58:10-11

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Matthew 7:2

For with the judgment with which ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with the measure with which ye measure, ye shall be measured again.

Acts 28:4

And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet vengeance does not suffer him to live.

Galatians 6:7

Do not deceive yourselves; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows that shall he also reap.

Revelation 19:20-21

And the beast was taken and with it the false prophet that wrought miracles in its presence, with which he had deceived those that had taken the mark of the beast and had worshipped its image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.

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