Judges 9:17 “for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from t…”

Judges 9:17

for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

World English Bible

(for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

American Standard Version

(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

Geneva Bible 1599

(For my father fought for you, and aduentured his life, and deliuered you out of the handes of Midian.

Darby Translation

— for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

Young's Literal Translation

because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from [him], and deliver you from the hand of Midian;

Bible in Basic English

(For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;

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Cross references

“fought”

Judges 7:1–25 Judges 8:4–10

Judges 7:1–25 · BSB

Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

Judges 8:4–10 · BSB

Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

“adventured his life”

Romans 5:8 Esther 4:16 Romans 16:4 Revelation 12:11

Romans 5:8 · BSB

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Esther 4:16 · BSB

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is ag…

Romans 16:4 · BSB

who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

Revelation 12:11 · BSB

They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—

18but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—

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