Passage

Judges 9.54

Book: Judges · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"52. And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53. And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull."

"54. Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died."

"55. And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56. Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;" (Judges 9:52-56, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"52. Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and came near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53. A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull."

"54. Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ His young man thrust him through, and he died.”"

"55. When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place. 56. Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;" (Judges 9:52-56, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"52. And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53. And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull."

"54. Then 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 woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died."

"55. And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56. Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:" (Judges 9:52-56, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"52. And Abimelech cometh unto the tower, and fighteth against it, and draweth nigh unto the opening of the tower to burn it with fire, 53. and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull,"

"54. and he calleth hastily unto the young man bearing his weapons, and saith to him, 'Draw thy sword, and thou hast put me to death, lest they say of me, A woman slew him;' and his young man pierced him through, and he dieth."

"55. And the men of Israel see that Abimelech [is] dead, and go each one to his place; 56. and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren;" (Judges 9:52-56, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H1856 - daqar

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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