Judges 9:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,”
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“for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:”
King James Version · Public Domain“(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from <FI>him<Fi> , and deliver you from the hand of Midian;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 9:17 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 7:1Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
- Judges 8:4Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
- Judges 12:3When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
- Esther 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
- Romans 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 16:4who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
- Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
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