Judges 9:17
World English Bible (WEB)
(for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
In context
15 “The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’
16 “Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
17 (for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
18 and you have risen up against my father’s house today and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
19 if you then have dealt truly and righteously with Jerubbaal and with his house today, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you;
Judges 9:17 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- (for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
- KJV King James Version
- (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
- ASV American Standard Version
- (for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from [him], and deliver you from the hand of Midian;
- DBY Darby Translation
- — for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
- WBS Webster Bible
- (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you from the hand of Midian: