Judges 9:56
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
In other versions
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;
ASV
In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;
BBE
Thus God requited the crime of Abim'elech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;
DBY
Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
WEB
and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren;
YLT
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
ENG
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
WBT
In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
BSB
In context
54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
55And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
57And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Abimelech