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


In Context

14 "Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, 'Come and be our king.'

15 "The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'

16 "Now if you have acted honorably and in good faith when you made Abimelech king, and if you have been fair to Jerub- Baal and his family, and if you have treated him as he deserves-

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

18 (but today you have revolted against my father's family, murdered his seventy sons on a single stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his slave girl, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is your brother)-

19 if then you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today, may Abimelech be your joy, and may you be his, too!

Judges 9:17 in Other Translations

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;

The American 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: