Judges 9:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your boast now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the troops you made light of? Go out now and fight with them.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ Then said Zebul to Gaal, Where is your [big] mouth now, you who said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Are not these the men whom you have despised? Go out now and fight with them.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.

Common English Bible

³⁸ Then Zebul replied to him, “Where’s all your talk now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we ought to serve him?’ Aren’t these the men you despised? Now march out and fight them!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ And Zebul said to him: "Where is your mouth now, with which you said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Is this not the people that you were despising? Go out and fight against him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ And Zebul said to him: Where is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst: Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? Is not this the people which thou didst despise? Go out, and fight against him.

Judges 9:38 Cross References

Jeremiah 2:28

But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them come, if they can save you, in your time of trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.

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.”

Judges 9:39

So Gaal went out at the head of the lords of Shechem and fought with Abimelech.

1 Samuel 2:3

Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance come from your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.