36And when Ga'al saw the men, he said to Zebul, |Look, men are coming down from the mountain tops!| And Zebul said to him, |You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.|


In Context

33 Then in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, rise early and rush upon the city; and when he and the men that are with him come out against you, you may do to them as occasion offers.|

34 And Abim'elech and all the men that were with him rose up by night, and laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

35 And Ga'al the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and Abim'elech and the men that were with him rose from the ambush.

36 And when Ga'al saw the men, he said to Zebul, |Look, men are coming down from the mountain tops!| And Zebul said to him, |You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.|

37 Ga'al spoke again and said, |Look, men are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming from the direction of the Diviners' Oak.|

38 Then Zebul said to him, |Where is your mouth now, you who said, 'Who is Abim'elech, that we should serve him?' Are not these the men whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them.|

Judges 9:36 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:36When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, "Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains!" Zebul replied, "You mistake the shadows of the mountains for men."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as [if they were] men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:36When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, |Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.| Zebul said to him, |You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:36and Gaal seeth the people, and saith unto Zebul, 'Lo, people are coming down from the top of the hills;' and Zebul saith unto him, 'The shadow of the hills thou art seeing like men.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.