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


In Context

50 Next Abimelech went to Thebez and besieged it and captured it.

51 Inside the city, however, was a strong tower, to which all the men and women- all the people of the city-fled. They locked themselves in and climbed up on the tower roof.

52 Abimelech went to the tower and stormed it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire,

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

54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can't say, 'A woman killed him.' " So his servant ran him through, and he died.

55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home.

Judges 9:53 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:53And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke 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.