36and Gaal seeth the people, and saith unto Zebul, 'Lo, people are coming down from the top of the hills;' and Zebul saith unto him, 'The shadow of the hills thou art seeing like men.'


In Context

33 and it hath been, in the morning, about the rising of the sun, thou dost rise early, and hast pushed against the city; and lo, he and the people who are with him are going out unto thee — and thou hast done to him as thy hand doth find.'

34 And Abimelech riseth, and all the people who are with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem — four detachments;

35 and Gaal son of Ebed goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the gate of the city, and Abimelech riseth — also the people who are with him — from the ambush,

36 and Gaal seeth the people, and saith unto Zebul, 'Lo, people are coming down from the top of the hills;' and Zebul saith unto him, 'The shadow of the hills thou art seeing like men.'

37 And 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.'

38 And Zebul saith unto him, 'Where is now thy mouth, in that thou sayest, Who is Abimelech that we serve him? is not this the people against which thou hast kicked? go out, I pray thee now, and fight against it.'

Judges 9:36 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:36When 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."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as [if they were] men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Ga'al saw the men, he said to Zebul, |Look, men are coming down from the mountain tops!| And Zebul said to him, |You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:36When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, |Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.| Zebul said to him, |You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.