Judges 9:56

In 11 translations

BSB

In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.

KJV

¶ Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

WEB

Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in killing his seventy brothers;

ASV

Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

LSV

and God turns back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brothers;

YLT

and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren;

DBY

And God rendered back the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father in slaying his seventy brethren.Elohim

DRC

And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.

GNV

Thus God rendred the wickednes of Abimelech, which he did vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie brethren.

JPS

Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

LXXE

So God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he wrought against his father, in slaying his seventy brethren.

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WLC

וַיָּ֣שֶׁב אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֵ֖ת רָעַ֣ת אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְאָבִ֔יו לַהֲרֹ֖ג אֶת־שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶחָֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν πονηρίαν Ἀβιμέλεχ, ἣν ἐποίησε τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, ἀποκτεῖναι τοὺς ἑβδομήκοντα ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ.

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• Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
• Psalms 58:10–11The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the…
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
• Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
• Judges 9:24in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
• Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
• Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
• Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
• Revelation 19:20–21But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown…
• Job 31:3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

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