Judges 9:39

New Century Version

So Gaal led the men of Shechem out to fight Abimelech.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Gaal went out leading the citizens of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,

Hebrew Names Version
Ga`al went out before the men of Shekhem, and fought with Avimelekh.

King James Version
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Lexham English Bible
So Gaal went out before the lords of Shechem and fought against Abimelech.

English Standard Version
And Gaal went out at the head of the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

New English Translation
So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.

Amplified Bible
So Gaal went out ahead of the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

New American Standard Bible
So Gaal went out in the sight of the leaders of Shechem and fought Abimelech.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Legacy Standard Bible
Toe trek Gaäl uit voor die burgers van Sigem en veg teen Abiméleg.

Contemporary English Version
Gaal and the leaders of Shechem went out and fought Abimelech.

Complete Jewish Bible
So Ga‘al went out, leading the men of Sh'khem, and fought Avimelekh.

Darby Translation
And Gaal went out before the citizens of Shechem, and fought against Abimelech.

Easy-to-Read Version
So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out to fight Abimelech.

George Lamsa Translation
And Gaal went out before the lords of Shechem and fought with Abimeleck.

Good News Translation
Gaal led the men of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.

Literal Translation
And Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Gaal wente forth before the citesyns of Sichem, and foughte with Abimelech.

American Standard Version
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Bible in Basic English
So Gaal went out at the head of the townsmen of Shechem and made war on Abimelech.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Gaal went out before the citezins of Sichem, & fought with Abimelech.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

King James Version (1611)
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Gaal went forth before the men of Sychem, and set the battle in array against Abimelech.

English Revised Version
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Berean Standard Bible
So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Gaal yede, while the puple of Sichen abood; and he fauyt ayens Abymelech.

Young's Literal Translation
And Gaal goeth out before the masters of Shechem, and fighteth against Abimelech,

Update Bible Version
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

World English Bible
Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

New King James Version
So Gaal went out, leading the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

New Living Translation
So Gaal led the leading citizens of Shechem into battle against Abimelech.

New Life Bible
So Gaal went out in front of the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

New Revised Standard
So Gaal went out at the head of the lords of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Gaal went forth before the owners of Shechem, - and fought against Abimelech.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Gaal went out, in the sight of the people of Sichem, and fought against Abimelech,

Revised Standard Version
And Ga'al went out at the head of the men of Shechem, and fought with Abim'elech.

THE MESSAGE
Gaal went out, backed by the leaders of Shechem, and did battle with Abimelech. Abimelech chased him, and Gaal turned tail and ran. Many fell wounded, right up to the city gate.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

Contextual Overview

²² Abimelech ruled Israel for three years. ²³ Then God sent an evil spirit to make trouble between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem so that the leaders of Shechem turned against him. ²⁴ Abimelech had killed Gideon's seventy sons, his own brothers, and the leaders of Shechem had helped him. So God sent the evil spirit to punish them. ²⁵ The leaders of Shechem were against Abimelech then. They put men on the hilltops in ambush who robbed everyone going by. And Abimelech was told. ²⁶ A man named Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers moved into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem trusted him. ²⁷ They went out to the vineyards to pick grapes, and they squeezed the grapes. Then they had a feast in the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. ²⁸ Gaal son of Ebed said, "We are the men of Shechem. Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? Isn't he one of Gideon's sons, and isn't Zebul his officer? We should serve the men of Hamor, Shechem's father. Why should we serve Abimelech? ²⁹ If you made me commander of these people, I would get rid of Abimelech. I would say to him, ‘Get your army ready and come out to battle.'" ³⁰ Now when Zebul, the ruler of Shechem, heard what Gaal son of Ebed said, he was very angry. ³¹ He sent secret messengers to Abimelech, saying, "Gaal son of Ebed and Gaal's brothers have come to Shechem, and they are turning the city against you!

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem,.... At the head of them, to meet Abimelech, having gathered together as many, and put them in as good order, as he could, and the time would admit of:

and fought with Abimelech; without the city.