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


In Context

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.

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

57 God also made the men of Shechem pay for all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal came on them.

Judges 9:56 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God requited the crime of Abim'elech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;

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: