17(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:


In Context

14 Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come you, and reign over us.

15 And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

16 Now therefore, if you have done truly and sincerely, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands;

17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

18 And you are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, three score and ten persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

19 If you then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice you in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

Judges 9:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:17and to think that my father fought for you, risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:17And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver you from the hands of Madian,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:17(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and rescued you from the hand of Mid'ian;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:17(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you from the hand of Midian:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17(for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from him, and deliver you from the hand of Midian;