KJV King James Version
And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
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Judges 9:37
And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
WEB World English Bible
Gaal spoke again and said, “Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Gaal addeth yet to speak, and saith, ‘Lo, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and another detachment is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.’
Surrounding context — Judges 9
34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that [were] with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that [were] with him, from lying in wait.
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.
37 And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
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.
39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown [and] wounded, [even] unto the entering of the gate.
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וַיֹּ֨סֶףH3254 · ya.saphto add: againע֣וֹדH5750 · odstillגַּעַל֮H1603 · ga.alGaalלְדַבֵּר֒H1696 · da.varto speak: speakוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּה־H2009 · hin.nehbeholdעָם֙H5971 · ampeopleיֽוֹרְדִ֔יםH3381 · ya.radto go downמֵעִ֖םH5973 · imwithטַבּ֣וּרH2872 · tab.burhighestהָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְרֹאשׁ־H7218 · roshheadאֶחָ֣דH259 · e.chadoneבָּ֔אH935 · boto come (in): comeמִדֶּ֖רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductאֵל֥וֹןH436 · e.lon(Diviners') Oakמְעוֹנְנִֽים׃H6049 · a.nanto cloud
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