Judges 9:56
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Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
In other translations
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
Hebrew words
וַיָּשֶׁבvaiyashevand he repaidH7725אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430אֵת'et<obj.>H853רָעַתra'at[the] evil ofH7451אֲבִימֶלֶךְ'avimelekhAbimelechH40אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עָשָׂה'asahhe had doneH6213לְאָבִיוle'avivto father hisH1לַהֲרֹגlaharogby killingH2026אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שִׁבְעִיםshiv'imseventyH7657אֶחָיו׃'echavbrothers hisH251
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Related verses
- Psalm 94:23And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Psalm 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Judges 9:24That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
- Matthew 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- Psalm 9:12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalm 58:10-1110 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
- Job 31:3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
- Revelation 19:20-2120 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.20 But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
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People and places
People: Abimelech (son of Gideon)