Judges 9:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.”

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BSBPD

“if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“yea, if in truth and in sincerity ye have acted with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and he doth rejoice--even he--in you;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 9:19 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 8:6“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
  2. Philippians 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
  3. James 4:16As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

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