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Judges 9:36-38
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Judges 9:36-38
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
36 And when Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, ‘Look, people are coming down from the mountain tops!’ And Zebul said to him, ‘The shadows on the mountains look like people to you.’ 37 Gaal spoke again and said, ‘Look, people are coming down from Tabbur-erez, and one company is coming from the direction of Elon-meonenim.’[a] 38 Then Zebul said to him, ‘Where is your boast[b] now, you who said, “Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?” Are not these the troops you made light of? Go out now and fight with them.’
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- Judges 9:37 That is Diviners’ Oak
- Judges 9:38 Heb mouth
Judges 9:36-38
New International Version
Judges 9:36-38
New International Version
36 When 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.”
37 But Gaal spoke up again: “Look, people are coming down from the central hill,[a] and a company is coming from the direction of the diviners’ tree.”
38 Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your big talk now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelek that we should be subject to him?’ Aren’t these the men you ridiculed?(A) Go out and fight them!”
Footnotes
- Judges 9:37 The Hebrew for this phrase means the navel of the earth.
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