Judges 9:36 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁶ And when Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountaintops!” And Zebul said to him, “The shadows on the mountains look like people to you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ When Gaal saw the men, he said to Zebul, Look, men are coming down from the mountaintops! Zebul said to him, The shadow of the mountains looks to you like men.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

³⁶ Gaal saw the men and said to Zebul, “Look! People are coming down from the hilltops.” Zebul replied to him, “The shadows on the hills just look like persons to you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ And when Gaal had seen the people, he said to Zebul, "Behold, a multitude is descending from the mountains." And he responded to him, "You are seeing the shadows of the mountains, as if they were the heads of men, and so you are being deceived by this error."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold, a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.

Judges 9:36 Cross References

Ezekiel 7:7

Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come; the day is near— of tumult, not of reveling on the mountains.

Mark 8:24

And the man looked up and said, “I can see people, but they look like trees, walking.”

Judges 9:35

When Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city, Abimelech and the troops with him rose from the ambush.

Judges 9:37

Gaal spoke again and said, “Look, people are coming down from Tabbur-erez, and one company is coming from the direction of Elon-meonenim.”