30Then the men of the city said to Joash, |Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.|


In Context

27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken to him: and it happened, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

28 When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.

29 They said one to another, |Who has done this thing?| When they inquired and asked, they said, |Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.|

30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, |Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.|

31 Joash said to all who stood against him, |Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar.|

32 Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, |Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.|

Judges 6:30 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:30The men of the town demanded of Joash, "Bring out your son. He must die, because he has broken down Baal's altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:30Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that [was] by it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:30And they said to Joas: Bring out thy son hither, that he may die: because he hath destroyed the altar of Baal, and hath cut down his grove.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:30Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:30Then the men of the town said to Jo'ash, |Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Ba'al and cut down the Ashe'rah beside it.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:30Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:30Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:30And the men of the city say unto Joash, 'Bring out thy son, and he dieth, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the shrine which is by it.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:30Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die: because he has cast down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the grove that was by it.