Judges 9:32

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.”

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BSBPD

“Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and, now, rise by night, thou and the people who <FI>are<Fi> with thee, and lay wait in the field,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 9:32 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 8:3So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
  2. Joshua 8:4with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
  3. Job 24:14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
  4. Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
  5. Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
  6. Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
  7. Romans 3:15“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

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