Judges 9:53
Good News Translation
But a woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull.

New Revised Standard Version
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.

Contemporary English Version
when a woman on the roof dropped a large rock on his head and cracked his skull.

New American Bible
a certain woman cast the upper part of a millstone down on Abimelech’s head, and it fractured his skull.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold, a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

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And behold, a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

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Judges 9:15,20 And it answered them: If, indeed, you mean to make me king, come ye, and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus. . . .

2 Samuel 11:21 Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain.

2 Samuel 20:21 The matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephraim, Seba the son of Bochri by name, hath lifted up his hand against king David: deliver him only, and we will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab: Behold his head shall be thrown to thee from the wall.

Job 31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?

Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his thoughts which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down, of a truth they shall destroy them with their habitation.

Jeremiah 50:45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken against Babylon: and his thoughts which he hath thought against the land of the Chaldeans: surely the little ones of the flocks shall pull them down, of a truth their habitation shall be destroyed with them.

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Context
Abimelech's Punishment
52And Abimelech, coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and, approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it: 53And behold, a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.54And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.…
Cross References
Judges 9:52
And Abimelech, coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and, approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:

2 Samuel 11:21
Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain.

Judges 9:52
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