Judges 9:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ for my father fought for you and risked his life and rescued you from the hand of Midian,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ (for my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ For my father fought for you, jeopardized his life, and rescued you from the hand of Midian;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ (for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

Common English Bible

¹⁷ my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from Midian’s power,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ and who gave his life to dangers, so that he might rescue you from the hand of Midian,

Judges 9:17 Cross References

Revelation 12:11

But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.

Romans 16:4

who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but also all the churches of the gentiles.

Romans 5:8

But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. After that I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”

Judges 9:16

“Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and have done to him as his actions deserved—

Judges 9:18

but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his slave woman, king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your kinsman—

1 Samuel 19:5

for he took his life in his hand when he attacked the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced; why then will you sin against an innocent person by killing David without cause?”

Judges 12:3

When I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?”