Parallel Verses
NET Bible
God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.
New American Standard Bible
Thus
King James Version
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Holman Bible
In this way, God turned back on Abimelech the evil that he had done against his father, by killing his 70 brothers.
International Standard Version
That's how God repaid Abimelech for the evil thing he did to his father by killing his 70 brothers.
A Conservative Version
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers.
American Standard Version
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
Amplified
In this way God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father [Jerubbaal] by killing his seventy brothers.
Bible in Basic English
In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;
Darby Translation
Thus God requited the crime of Abim'elech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;
Julia Smith Translation
And God will turn back the evil of Abimelech which he did. to his father for killing his seventy brethren.
King James 2000
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Lexham Expanded Bible
So God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech committed against his father by killing his seventy brothers.
Modern King James verseion
And God repaid the evil of Abimelech, that which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thus all the wickedness of Abimelech which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren,
New Heart English Bible
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
The Emphasized Bible
Thus did God requite the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
Webster
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
World English Bible
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
Youngs Literal Translation
and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren;
Themes
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Abimelech
Thebez » A city » A city, at which abimelech was killed while besieging
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Judges 9:56
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abimelech's Death
55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home. 56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. 57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell on them.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 94:23
He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them.
Judges 9:24
He did this so the violent deaths of Jerub-Baal's seventy sons might be avenged and Abimelech, their half-brother who murdered them, might have to pay for their spilled blood, along with the leaders of Shechem who helped him murder them.
Proverbs 5:22
The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
Job 31:3
Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?
Psalm 9:12
For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help
Psalm 11:6
May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
Psalm 58:10-11
The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Matthew 7:2
For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.
Acts 28:4
When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul's hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!"
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,
Revelation 19:20-21
Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf -- signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.