Judges 9:17
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:In other versions
(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
ASV
(For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;
BBE
for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and rescued you from the hand of Mid'ian;
DBY
(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
WEB
because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from `him', and deliver you from the hand of Midian;
YLT
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
ENG
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you from the hand of Midian:
WBT
for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
BSB
In context
15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
16Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
17(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
18And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
19If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: