Judges 9:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJudges 9:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ
ʼĂbîymelek
H40
Abimelech
בֶּן
bên
H1121
son
יְרֻבַּ֨עַל֙
Yᵉrubbaʻal
H3378
Jerubbaal
שְׁכֶ֔מָה
Shᵉkem
H7927
Shechem
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲחֵ֖י
ʼâch
H251
brother
אִמּ֑וֹ
ʼêm
H517
mother
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
ʼêl
H413
to
וְאֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
מִשְׁפַּ֛חַת
mishpâchâh
H4940
family
בֵּית
bayith
H1004
house
אֲבִ֥י
ʼâb
H1
father
אִמּ֖וֹ
ʼêm
H517
mother
לֵאמֹֽר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
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World English Bible Public Domain
Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
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King James Version Public Domain
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to the brothers of his mother, and he spoke to them and to all of the clan of the house of the father of his mother, saying,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).