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Judges 9:36

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

KJV

Cumque vidisset populum Gaal, dixit ad Zebul : Ecce de montibus multitudo descendit. Cui ille respondit : Umbras montium vides quasi capita hominum, et hoc errore deciperis.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶδεν Γάλααδ υἱὸς Ἰώβηλ τὸν λαόν, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Ζεβούλ Ἰδοὺ λαὸς καταβαίνει ἀπὸ κεφαλῶν τῶν ὀρέων· καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Ζεβούλ Τὴν σκιὰν τῶν ὀρέων σὺ βλέπεις ὡς ἄνδρας.

LXX

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

ASV

וַ/יַּרְא גַּעַל֮ אֶת הָ/עָם֒ וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל זְבֻ֔ל הִנֵּה עָ֣ם יוֹרֵ֔ד מֵ/רָאשֵׁ֖י הֶ/הָרִ֑ים וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָי/ו֙ זְבֻ֔ל אֵ֣ת צֵ֧ל הֶ/הָרִ֛ים אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה כָּ/אֲנָשִֽׁים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
גַּ֣עַל
g'l
proper_noun · 9×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
זְבֻ֔ל
zbl
proper_noun · 6×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
צֵ֥ל
tsl
noun · 49×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 7:7 — The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
  • Mark 8:24 — And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.