Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation to ask the men of Shechem, "Which would you prefer? To have all seventy of Gideon's sons govern you or to have just one man? Remember that Abimelech is your own flesh and blood." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerobaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal, consider that I am your bone, and your flesh. whether, etc. Judges 8:30 And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives. your bone Genesis 29:14 He answered: Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after the days of one month were expired, 2 Samuel 19:13 And say ye to Amasa: Art not thou my bone, and my flesh? So do God to me and add more, if thou be not the chief captain of the army before me always in the place of Joab. 1 Chronicles 11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh. Ephesians 5:30 Because we are members of him, body, of his flesh and of his bones. Hebrews 2:14 Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil: Context Abimelech's Conspiracy1And Abimelech, the son of Jerobaal, went to Sichem, to his mother's brethren, and spoke to them, and to all the kindred of his mother's father, saying: 2Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerobaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal, consider that I am your bone, and your flesh.3And his mother's brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words, and they inclined their hearts after Abimelech, saying: He is our brother:… Cross References Genesis 29:14 He answered: Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after the days of one month were expired, Judges 8:30 And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives. Judges 9:5 And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden. Judges 9:18 And you are now risen up against my father's house, and have killed his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, king over the inhabitants of Sichem, because he is your brother: Jump to Previous Better Bone Ears Either Hearing Jerubbaal Leaders Persons Please Reign Remember Rule Seventy Shechem Speak Ten Threescore WhetherJump to Next Better Bone Ears Either Hearing Jerubbaal Leaders Persons Please Reign Remember Rule Seventy Shechem Speak Ten Threescore WhetherLinks Judges 9:2 NIVJudges 9:2 NLT Judges 9:2 ESV Judges 9:2 NASB Judges 9:2 Bible Apps Judges 9:2 Biblia Paralela Judges 9:2 Chinese Bible Judges 9:2 French Bible Judges 9:2 German Bible Alphabetical: all Also am and Ask better blood bone citizens flesh for have hearing I in is Jerubbaal Jerub-Baal's just leaders man men now of one or over Remember rule seventy Shechem sons Speak that the to Which you your OT History: Judges 9:2 Please speak in the ears of all (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |