Category: Judges

American Standard Version (ASV):
that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

King James Version (KJV):
That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

King James Version (KJV):
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.

King James Version (KJV):
When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,

American Standard Version (ASV):
if ye then have dealt truly and uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:

King James Version (KJV):
If 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:

American Standard Version (ASV):
but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

King James Version (KJV):
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

American Standard Version (ASV):
and 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 maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);

King James Version (KJV):
And 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;)

American Standard Version (ASV):
Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and uprightly, 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

King James Version (KJV):
Now 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;

American Standard Version (ASV):
(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

King James Version (KJV):
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

American Standard Version (ASV):
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

King James Version (KJV):
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, [and] reign over us.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

King James Version (KJV):
And 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.