ဂျော်ကီယာသုံး 9:36

Myanmar Judson Bible

36 ဂါလသည် ထိုလူတို့ကို မြင်လျှင်၊ တောင်ပေါ်မှ လူများ ဆင်းလာကြသည်ဟု ဇေဗုလအားဆိုသော်၊ ဇေဗုလက တောင်အရိပ်သည် လူကဲ့သို့ ထင်သည်ဟု ပြန်ပြော၏။

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seest the shadow: Doubdan states, that in some parts of the Holy Land there are many detached rocks scattered up and down, some growing out of the ground, and others fragments broken off from rocky precipices, the shadow of which, it appears, Josephus thought might be most naturally imagined to look like troops of men at a distance, rather than that of the mountains; for he represents Zebul as saying to Gaal, that he mistook the shadow of the rocks for men. Ezekiel 7:7, Mark 8:24

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul,.... Who was up as early, and came to the gate of the city, to see how things went, and whether there was any appearance of Abimelech and his forces, and whether any opportunity offered to let him into the city; and it seems as if he came and stood by Gaul, and appeared friendly with him:

behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains; the mountains of Ebal and Gerizim, which were near to Shechem:

and Zebul said unto him, thou seest the shadow of the mountains, as [if they were] men; either deriding him, as being just out of his bed, and his eyes scarce open, that he could not discern shadows from men; or rather as being of such a timorous spirit, that he was afraid of shadows; or else he said this, putting on an air of seriousness, as if he really believed this to be the case, on purpose to deceive him, and keep him from talking about them, while Abimelech and his men made further advances before Gaul could make any preparation to meet them.