Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the sentence of death because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
Judges 6:30 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Then the townspeople said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the sacred pole beside it.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the men of the city commanded Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it. American Standard Version (1901) Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it. Common English Bible The townspeople said to Joash, “Bring out your son for execution because he tore down the altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah that was beside it.” Catholic Public Domain Version And they said to Joash: "Bring forward your son here, so that he may die. For he has destroyed the altar of Baal, and he has cut down the sacred grove." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they said to Joas: Bring out thy son hither, that he may die; because he hath destroyed the altar of Baal, and hath cut down his grove. |
Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the sentence of death because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
A drought against her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they go mad over idols.
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.
“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
So they said to one another, “Who has done this?” After searching and inquiring, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”
But Joash said to all who were arrayed against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you defend his cause? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been pulled down.”