Jotham’s Parable
Judges 9:21
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
- KJV
- And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
- WEB
- Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.“Beer” is Hebrew for “well”, i.e., a village named for its well.
- ASV
- And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
- LSV
- And Jotham hurries, and flees, and goes to Beer, and dwells there, from the face of his brother Abimelech.
- YLT
- And Jotham hasteth, and fleeth, and goeth to Beer, and dwelleth there, from the face of Abimelech his brother.
- DBY
- And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, because of Abimelech his brother.
- DRC
- And when he had said thus he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother.
- GNV
- And Iotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for feare of Abimelech his brother.
- JPS
- And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
- LXXE
- And Joatham fled, and ran away, and went as far as Bæer, and dwelt there out of the way of his brother Abimelech.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיָּ֣נָס יוֹתָ֔ם וַיִּבְרַ֖ח וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ בְּאֵ֑רָה וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב שָׁ֔ם מִפְּנֵ֖י אֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ אָחִֽיו׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἔφυγεν Ἰωάθαμ καὶ ἀπέδρα, καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἕως Βαιὴρ, καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐκεῖ ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἀβιμέλεχ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Numbers 21:16From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
- Joshua 19:8and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
- 2 Samuel 20:14Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
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