Judges 9:48
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.””
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“he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Abimelech goeth up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him, and Abimelech taketh the great axe in his hand, and cutteth off a bough of the trees, and lifteth it up, and setteth <FI>it<Fi> on his shoulder, and saith unto the people who <FI>are<Fi> with him, `What ye have seen I have done--haste, do ye like it.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 9:48 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 7:17“Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
- Judges 9:52When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
- Psalms 68:14When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.
- Psalms 68:15A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
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