Judges 9:37

³⁷ But Gaal spoke up again: "Look, people are coming down from the central hill,[1] and a company is coming from the direction of the diviners' tree."

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Other Translations of Judges 9:37

King James Version

³⁷ And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle middle: Heb. navel of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

English Standard Version

³⁷ Gaal spoke again and said, "Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming from the direction of the Diviners' Oak."

The Message

³⁷ Then he said again, "Look at the troops coming down off Tabbur-erez (the Navel of the World) - and one company coming straight from the Oracle Oak."

New King James Version

³⁷ So Gaal spoke again and said, "See, people are coming down from the center of the land, and another company is coming from the Diviners' Terebinth Tree."

New Living Translation

³⁷ But again Gaal said, "No, people are coming down from the hills. And another group is coming down the road past the Diviners' Oak. "

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 9:37

Commentary on Judges 9:30-49

(Read Judges 9:30-49)

Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's sons. When God uses men as instruments in his hand to do his work, he means one thing, and they another. That, which they hoped would have been for their welfare, proved a snare and a trap, as those will certainly find, who run to idols for shelter; such will prove a refuge of lies.