Judges 9:4
“And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Judges 9:4 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und sie gaben ihm siebzig Sekel Silber aus dem Hause Baal-Berith; und Abimelech dingte damit lose und übermütige Männer, und sie folgten ihm nach.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y diéronle setenta siclos de plata del templo de Baal-berith, con los cuales Abimelech alquiló hombres ociosos y vagabundos, que le siguieron.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E deram-lhe setenta siclos de prata do templo de Baal-Berite, com os quais Abimeleque contratou homens ociosos e vagabundos, que lhe seguiram.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Deram-lhe setenta peças de prata tiradas da casa de Baal-Berite, e Abimeleque as usou para contratar homens inescrupulosos e imprudentes, e estes o seguiram.
📖 Judges 9:4 in Context
2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
3And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
4And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
5And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
6And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
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