Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelek had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers. New Living Translation In this way, God punished Abimelech for the evil he had done against his father by murdering his seventy brothers. English Standard Version Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers. Berean Standard Bible In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers. King James Bible Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: New King James Version Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers. New American Standard Bible So God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. NASB 1995 Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. NASB 1977 Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father, in killing his seventy brothers. Legacy Standard Bible Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. Amplified Bible In this way God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father [Jerubbaal] by killing his seventy brothers. Christian Standard Bible In this way, God brought back Abimelech’s evil—the evil that Abimelech had done to his father when he killed his seventy brothers. Holman Christian Standard Bible In this way, God turned back on Abimelech the evil that he had done against his father, by killing his 70 brothers. American Standard Version Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And God paid the evil to Abimelek that he did to his father and he killed his seventy brothers Brenton Septuagint Translation So God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he wrought against his father, in slaying his seventy brethren. Contemporary English Version That's how God punished Abimelech for killing his brothers and bringing shame on his father's family. Douay-Rheims Bible And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren. English Revised Version Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: GOD'S WORD® Translation So God paid back Abimelech for the evil he had done to his father when he killed his 70 brothers. Good News Translation And so it was that God paid Abimelech back for the crime that he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers. International Standard Version That's how God repaid Abimelech for the evil thing he did to his father by killing his 70 brothers. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren; Literal Standard Version and God turns back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brothers; Majority Standard Bible In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers. New American Bible Thus did God repay the evil that Abimelech had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. NET Bible God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. New Revised Standard Version Thus God repaid Abimelech for the crime he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers; New Heart English Bible Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers; Webster's Bible Translation Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: World English Bible Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers; Young's Literal Translation and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abimelech's Punishment…55And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home. 56In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers. 57And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.… Cross References Genesis 9:5 And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind. Judges 9:24 in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers. Judges 9:55 And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home. Judges 9:57 And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them. Psalm 94:23 He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them. Treasury of Scripture Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers: God rendered. Judges 9:45,24 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt… Job 31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? Psalm 9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. Jump to Previous Abimelech Abim'elech Committed Crime Death Evil Killing Murdering Rendered Repaid Requited Rewarded Seventy Slay Slaying Turneth Way WickednessJump to Next Abimelech Abim'elech Committed Crime Death Evil Killing Murdering Rendered Repaid Requited Rewarded Seventy Slay Slaying Turneth Way WickednessJudges 9 1. Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king7. Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin 22. Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him 30. Zebul reveals it 34. Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt 46. He burns the hold of the god Berith 50. At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone 56. Jotham's curse is fulfilled. (56, 57) Thus.--These impressive verses give the explanation of the whole narrative. They are inserted to show that God punishes both individual and national crimes, and that men's pleasant vices are made the instruments to scourge them. The murderer of his brothers "on one stone" is slain by a stone flung on his head, and the treacherous idolaters are treacherously burnt in the temple of their idol.Verse 56. - Which he did unto his father. It is remarkable that the sacred writer, in calling attention to the righteous vengeance which fell upon the head of Abimelech, marks especially the conduct of Abimelech as undutiful to his father (see Exodus 21:17; Matthew 15:4; cf. also Genesis 9:24-26). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew In this way Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative repaid וַיָּ֣שֶׁב (way·yā·šeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again the wickedness רָעַ֣ת (rā·‘aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7451: Bad, evil that אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that Abimelech אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name had done עָשָׂה֙ (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make to his father לְאָבִ֔יו (lə·’ā·ḇîw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father by murdering לַהֲרֹ֖ג (la·hă·rōḡ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent his seventy שִׁבְעִ֥ים (šiḇ·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number) brothers. אֶחָֽיו׃ (’e·ḥāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) Links Judges 9:56 NIVJudges 9:56 NLT Judges 9:56 ESV Judges 9:56 NASB Judges 9:56 KJV Judges 9:56 BibleApps.com Judges 9:56 Biblia Paralela Judges 9:56 Chinese Bible Judges 9:56 French Bible Judges 9:56 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 9:56 Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech (Jd Judg. 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