56Thus God requited the crime of Abim'elech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;


In Context

53 And a certain woman threw an upper millstone upon Abim'elech's head, and crushed his skull.

54 Then he called hastily to the young man his armor-bearer, and said to him, |Draw your sword and kill me, lest men say of me, 'A woman killed him.'| And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abim'elech was dead, they departed every man to his home.

56 Thus God requited the crime of Abim'elech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;

57 and God also made all the wickedness of the men of Shechem fall back upon their heads, and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubba'al.

Judges 9:56 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:56And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:56and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers: