53And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.


In Context

50 Then Abimelech departing from thence came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.

51 And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled together, and all the princes of the city, and having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend themselves.

52 And Abimelech coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:

53 And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

54 And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.

55 And when he was dead, all the men of Israel that were with him, returned to their homes.

Judges 9:53 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:53a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:53And a certain woman threw an upper millstone upon Abim'elech's head, and crushed his skull.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:53And a certain woman cast a piece of of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:53A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:53and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone on Abimelech's head, and all to broke his skull.