Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in 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:
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:
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, they departed every man to his place. 56 Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers; 57 and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 94:23
He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.
Judges 9:24
that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
Proverbs 5:22
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Job 31:3
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Psalm 9:12
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
Psalm 11:6
On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind 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 whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
Acts 28:4
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live."
Galatians 6:7
Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Revelation 19:20-21
The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.