Judges 9:39

Bishop's Bible

And Gaal went out before the citezins of Sichem, & fought with Abimelech.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Gaal went out leading the citizens of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,

Hebrew Names Version
Ga`al went out before the men of Shekhem, and fought with Avimelekh.

King James Version
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Lexham English Bible
So Gaal went out before the lords of Shechem and fought against Abimelech.

English Standard Version
And Gaal went out at the head of the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

New Century Version
So Gaal led the men of Shechem out to fight Abimelech.

New English Translation
So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.

Amplified Bible
So Gaal went out ahead of the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

New American Standard Bible
So Gaal went out in the sight of the leaders of Shechem and fought Abimelech.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Legacy Standard Bible
Toe trek Gaäl uit voor die burgers van Sigem en veg teen Abiméleg.

Contemporary English Version
Gaal and the leaders of Shechem went out and fought Abimelech.

Complete Jewish Bible
So Ga‘al went out, leading the men of Sh'khem, and fought Avimelekh.

Darby Translation
And Gaal went out before the citizens of Shechem, and fought against Abimelech.

Easy-to-Read Version
So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out to fight Abimelech.

George Lamsa Translation
And Gaal went out before the lords of Shechem and fought with Abimeleck.

Good News Translation
Gaal led the men of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.

Literal Translation
And Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Gaal wente forth before the citesyns of Sichem, and foughte with Abimelech.

American Standard Version
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Bible in Basic English
So Gaal went out at the head of the townsmen of Shechem and made war on Abimelech.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

King James Version (1611)
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Gaal went forth before the men of Sychem, and set the battle in array against Abimelech.

English Revised Version
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Berean Standard Bible
So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Gaal yede, while the puple of Sichen abood; and he fauyt ayens Abymelech.

Young's Literal Translation
And Gaal goeth out before the masters of Shechem, and fighteth against Abimelech,

Update Bible Version
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

World English Bible
Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

New King James Version
So Gaal went out, leading the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

New Living Translation
So Gaal led the leading citizens of Shechem into battle against Abimelech.

New Life Bible
So Gaal went out in front of the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

New Revised Standard
So Gaal went out at the head of the lords of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Gaal went forth before the owners of Shechem, - and fought against Abimelech.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Gaal went out, in the sight of the people of Sichem, and fought against Abimelech,

Revised Standard Version
And Ga'al went out at the head of the men of Shechem, and fought with Abim'elech.

THE MESSAGE
Gaal went out, backed by the leaders of Shechem, and did battle with Abimelech. Abimelech chased him, and Gaal turned tail and ran. Many fell wounded, right up to the city gate.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

Contextual Overview

²² When Abimelech had raigned three yeres ouer Israel, ²³ God sent an euyll spirite betweene Abimelech, & the men of Sichem: and the citezins of Sichem brake their promise to Abimelech, ²⁴ That the wickednes done to the three score and ten sonnes of Ierobaal might come on him, and that God might lay the blood of them vnto Abimelech their brother, which slue them, and vpon the other men of Sichem which ayded him in the killing of his brethren. ²⁵ And the citezins of Sichem set men to lay awayte for hym in the toppe of the mountaynes, which men robbed al that came along the way by them: And it was tolde Abimelech. ²⁶ And Gaal the sonne of Obed came with his brethren, and they gat them to Sichem: and the men of Sichem put their confidence in him. ²⁷ And they went out into the fieldes, and gathered in their grapes, & trode them, and made mery, & went into the house of their god, and dyd eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech. ²⁸ And Gaal the sonne of Obed sayde: what is Abimelech? & what is Sichem, that we shoulde serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ierobaal? & Zebul is his officer? Serue such as come of Hemor the father of Sichem: for what reason is it that we shoulde serue him? ²⁹ Woulde God this people were vnder my hande, then would I take Abimelech out of ye way. And he spake against Abimelech: Make thine hoast greater, and go out. ³⁰ And when Zebul the ruler of the citie hearde the wordes of Gaal the sonne of Obed, he was wroth. ³¹ And sent messengers vnto Abimelech priuyly, saying: Behold, Gaal the sonne of Obed and his brethren be come to Sichem, and beholde they fortifie the citie agaynst thee.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem,.... At the head of them, to meet Abimelech, having gathered together as many, and put them in as good order, as he could, and the time would admit of:

and fought with Abimelech; without the city.