Judges 9:27
They went out into the fields, harvested their vineyards, trampled the grapes, and held a festival. They entered the temple of their god, where they ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And they went out into the fields, gathered their vineyards, trampled the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And they went out{H3318} into the field,{H7704} and gathered{H1219} their vineyards,{H3754} and trod{H1869} [the grapes], and held{H6213} festival,{H1974} and went{H935} into the house{H1004} of their god,{H430} and did eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and cursed{H7043} Abimelech.{H40}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And they went out{H3318}{(H8799)} into the fields{H7704}, and gathered{H1219}{(H8799)} their vineyards{H3754}, and trode{H1869}{(H8799)} the grapes, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} merry{H1974}, and went{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of their god{H430}, and did eat{H398}{(H8799)} and drink{H8354}{(H8799)}, and cursed{H7043}{(H8762)} Abimelech{H40}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
and wete out in to the felde, and gathered their vynyardes, and pressed them, and made a daunse, and wente in to their gods house, and ate and dranke, and cursed Abimelech.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Therefore they went out into the field, & gathered in their grapes and troade them, and made mery, & went into the house of their gods, and did eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And they went out into the fieldes, and gathered in their grapes, & trode them, and made mery, & went into the house of their god, and dyd eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Webster's Bible (1833)
They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and go out into the field, and gather their vineyards, and tread, and make praises, and go into the house of their god, and eat and drink, and revile Abimelech.
American Standard Version (1901)
And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod `the grapes', and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
American Standard Version (1901)
And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And they went out into their fields and got in the fruit of their vines, and when the grapes had been crushed, they made a holy feast and went into the house of their god, and over their food and drink they were cursing Abimelech.
World English Bible (2000)
They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, squeezed out the juice, and celebrated. They came to the temple of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
Referenced Verses
- Judg 9:4 : 4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and with it Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men who followed him.
- Judg 9:46 : 46 When all the citizens of the tower of Shechem heard about this, they went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.
- Judg 16:23 : 23 The rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, 'Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.'
- 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David, 'Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?' And he cursed David by his gods.
- Ps 109:17 : 17 He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him.
- Isa 16:9-9 : 9 Therefore, I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh, for over your summer fruits and your harvest, shouts of joy have fallen silent. 10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the fertile fields. In the vineyards, no songs are sung, no cheers are heard. No one treads out wine in the presses—the cheerful shouting has stopped.
- Isa 22:12-14 : 12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth. 13 But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!' 14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: 'Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,' says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
- Isa 24:7-9 : 7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers, and all the merry-hearted groan. 8 The joy of tambourines ceases, the noise of revelers stops, and the joyful sound of the harp is silenced. 9 They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
- Jer 25:30 : 30 Therefore, you are to prophesy all these words to them and tell them: 'The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy dwelling. He will roar mightily against His pasture; He will shout like those who tread grapes, shouting aloud against all the inhabitants of the earth.'
- Dan 5:1-4 : 1 King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine in their presence. 2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar commanded that the gold and silver vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem be brought in, so that the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink from them. 3 So the gold vessels taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem were brought in, and the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
- Dan 5:23 : 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified.
- Amos 6:3-6 : 3 You push away the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence. 4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs from the flock and fattened calves from the stall. 5 You strum away on your harps like David and fashion instruments for music. 6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
- Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
- Luke 17:26-29 : 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
- Exod 32:6 : 6 The next day the people rose early, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings. They sat down to eat and drink and got up to engage in revelry.
- Exod 32:19 : 19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.
- Lev 24:11 : 11 The Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name and cursed it, so they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
- Judg 8:33 : 33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals, making Baal-Berith their god.
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- Judg 9:37-5014 verses79%
37 But Gaal spoke again, "Look, people are coming down from the central area of the land, and one company is coming from the direction of the soothsayers’ oak."
38 Then Zebul said to him, "Where now is your boasting, you who said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Aren’t these the people you despised? Go out now and fight them!"
39 So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech.
40 But Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. Many fell wounded, all the way to the entrance of the gate.
41 Abimelech stayed in Arumah, while Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
42 The following day, the people went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.
43 So Abimelech took his army, divided them into three companies, and set an ambush in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked them.
44 Abimelech and his company rushed forward and took their position at the entrance of the city gate, while the other two companies struck down those in the fields.
45 Abimelech fought against the city all that day, captured it, killed its inhabitants, tore it down, and sowed it with salt.
46 When all the citizens of the tower of Shechem heard about this, they went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.
47 When Abimelech was told that all the people of the tower of Shechem had gathered there,
48 he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. There, Abimelech took an axe, cut off a branch from a tree, lifted it onto his shoulder, and said to his men, "What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise."
49 So each of his men cut down a branch and followed Abimelech. They piled the branches against the stronghold and set it on fire over those inside, so all the people in the tower of Shechem—about a thousand men and women—died.
50 Then Abimelech went to Thebez. He camped there and captured it.
- Judg 9:28-358 verses77%
28 Then Gaal, the son of Ebed, said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal, and isn’t Zebul his officer? Serve the descendants of Hamor, the father of Shechem! Why should we serve him?
29 If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech!" Then he said to Abimelech, "Gather your army and come out!"
30 When Zebul, the ruler of the city, heard what Gaal, the son of Ebed, said, he became very angry.
31 He secretly sent messengers to Abimelech, saying, "Look, Gaal, son of Ebed, and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
32 Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields.
33 In the morning, as the sun rises, advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do whatever is needed to deal with them.
34 So Abimelech and all his troops got up by night and set an ambush near Shechem in four companies.
35 When Gaal, the son of Ebed, came out and stood at the entrance of the city gate, Abimelech and his men arose from their hiding places.
- Judg 9:18-269 verses77%
18 but today you have risen up against my father’s house and killed his seventy sons on one stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your brother—
19 if you have acted faithfully and sincerely toward Jerubbaal and his family today, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.
20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo, and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo and consume Abimelech.
21 Then Jotham fled, running away to Beer, and he lived there because he feared his brother Abimelech.
22 Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years.
23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem acted treacherously against Abimelech.
24 This happened so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might be avenged, and their blood laid on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who had supported him in killing his brothers.
25 The leaders of Shechem set up ambushes on the mountaintops, and they robbed everyone who passed by them on the road. This was reported to Abimelech.
26 Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers came to Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their trust in him.
- Judg 9:55-573 verses74%
55 When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each returned to their homes.
56 Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.
57 And God also brought back on the heads of the men of Shechem all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came upon them.
- Judg 9:1-77 verses74%
1 Abimelech, son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to visit his mother’s relatives. He spoke to them and to the entire family of his mother’s household, saying:
2 "Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you: that seventy men—all the sons of Jerubbaal—rule over you, or that one man rules over you?' Remember, I am your own flesh and blood."
3 When Abimelech’s mother’s relatives spoke all of his words to the leaders of Shechem, their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, "He is our brother."
4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and with it Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men who followed him.
5 He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, escaped by hiding himself.
6 Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered together. They went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
7 When Jotham was told about this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He raised his voice, called out, and said to them, "Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
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32 After making the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
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16 Now, if you acted faithfully and sincerely in making Abimelech king, and if you have treated Jerubbaal and his family well, and if you have repaid him in accordance with what he did for you—
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31 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
- Judg 9:52-532 verses69%
52 Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it. He approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire.
53 But a woman dropped a piece of a millstone on Abimelech's head, crushing his skull.
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30 Then Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
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22 While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."