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Judges 9:25

And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

KJV

Posueruntque insidias adversus eum in summitate montium : et dum illius præstolabantur adventum, exercebant latrocinia, agentes prædas de prætereuntibus : nuntiatumque est Abimelech.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρες Σικίμων ἐνεδρεύοντας ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς τῶν ὀρέων, καὶ διήρπαζον πάντα ὃς παρεπορεύετο ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ· καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἀβειμέλεχ.

LXX

And the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

ASV

וַ/יָּשִׂ֣ימוּ ל/וֹ֩ בַעֲלֵ֨י שְׁכֶ֜ם מְאָרְבִ֗ים עַ֚ל רָאשֵׁ֣י הֶ/הָרִ֔ים וַ/יִּגְזְל֗וּ אֵ֛ת כָּל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבֹ֥ר עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם בַּ/דָּ֑רֶךְ וַ/יֻּגַּ֖ד לַ/אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AbimelechAbimelech

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ
'bymlk
proper_noun · 67×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹרֵ֖ב
'rb
verb · 41×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
ו
v
noun · 83×
יִּגְזֹ֤ל
ygzl
verb · 29×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שְׁכֶ֔ם
shkm
proper_noun · 63×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Prov 1:11 — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: