37But Gaal spoke up again: "Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and a company is coming from the direction of the soothsayers' tree."


In Context

34 So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and took up concealed positions near Shechem in four companies.

35 Now Gaal son of Ebed had gone out and was standing at the entrance to the city gate just as Abimelech and his soldiers came out from their hiding place.

36 When 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."

37 But Gaal spoke up again: "Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and a company is coming from the direction of the soothsayers' tree."

38 Then Zebul said to him, "Where is your big talk now, you who said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should be subject to him?' Aren't these the men you ridiculed? Go out and fight them!"

39 So Gaal led out the citizens of Shechem and fought Abimelech.

Judges 9:37 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:37And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:37Again Gaal said: Behold there cometh people down from the middle of the land, and one troop cometh by the way that looketh towards the oak.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:37And Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of the oak of Meonenim.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:37Ga'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.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:37And Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of the oak of Meonenim.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:37And Gaal spoke again, and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:37Gaal spoke again and said, |Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:37And Gaal addeth yet to speak, and saith, 'Lo, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and another detachment is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:37And Gaal spoke again, and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.