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Hebrew Texts וַיַּרְא־ גַּעַל֮ אֶת־ הָעָם֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־ זְבֻ֔ל הִנֵּה־ עָ֣ם יֹורֵ֔ד מֵרָאשֵׁ֖י הֶהָרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ זְבֻ֔ל אֵ֣ת צֵ֧ל הֶהָרִ֛ים אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה כָּאֲנָשִֽׁים׃ ס KJV with Strong's And when Gaal saw the people he said to Zebul Behold there come people down from the top of the mountains And Zebul said unto him Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men שופטים 9:36 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex וַיַּרְא־גַּעַל֮ אֶת־הָעָם֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־זְבֻ֔ל הִנֵּה־עָ֣ם יֹורֵ֔ד מֵרָאשֵׁ֖י הֶהָרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ זְבֻ֔ל אֵ֣ת צֵ֧ל הֶהָרִ֛ים אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה כָּאֲנָשִֽׁים׃ ס שופטים 9:36 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only) שופטים 9:36 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required) שופטים 9:36 Hebrew Bible Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains." But Zebul said to him, "You are seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were men." King James Bible And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. Holman Christian Standard Bible When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Look, people are coming down from the mountaintops!" But Zebul said to him, "The shadows of the mountains look like men to you." Treasury of Scripture Knowledge seest the shadow. Doubdan states, that in some parts of the Holy Land there are many detached rocks scattered up and down, some growing out of the ground, and others fragments broken off from rocky precipices, the shadow of which, it appears, Josephus thought might be most naturally imagined to look like troops of men at a distance, rather than that of the mountains; for he represents Zebul as saying to Gaal, that he mistook the shadow of the rocks for men. Ezekiel 7:7 The morning is come to you, O you that dwell in the land: the time … Mark 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. Links Judges 9:36 • Judges 9:36 NIV • Judges 9:36 NLT • Judges 9:36 ESV • Judges 9:36 NASB • Judges 9:36 KJV • Judges 9:36 Bible Apps • Judges 9:36 Biblia Paralela • Judges 9:36 Chinese Bible • Judges 9:36 French Bible • Judges 9:36 German Bible • Bible Hub |