Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
So God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech committed against his father by killing his seventy brothers.
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.
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:
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 9:56
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abimelech's Death
55 When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, each one went to his home. 56 So God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech committed against his father by killing his seventy brothers. 57 And God also repaid all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads, and the curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell on them.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 94:23
And he will repay on them their iniquity, and by their evil he will destroy them. Yahweh our God will destroy them.
Judges 9:24
so that the violence done to the seventy brothers of Abimelech would be avenged and their blood be placed on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, {who helped} to kill his brothers.
Proverbs 5:22
His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.
Job 31:3
Is not disaster for [the] evil one and ruin for [the] workers of mischief?
Psalm 9:12
for he [who] {avenges bloodshed} remembers them. He does not forget the distressed cry of [the] afflicted.
Psalm 11:6
He will rain coals on [the] wicked. Burning sulfur and scorching wind [will be] the portion of their cup.
Psalm 58:10-11
[The] righteous will rejoice when he sees [the] vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Matthew 7:2
For by what judgment you judge, you will be judged, and by what measure you measure out, it will be measured out to you.
Acts 28:4
And when the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, "Doubtless this man is a murderer whom, [although he] was rescued from the sea, Justice has not permitted to live!"
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked, for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap,
Revelation 19:20-21
And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs before him, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.