(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
Parallel translations
- WEB (for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
- BSB for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
- NKJV for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
- NASB for my father fought for you, and risked his life and saved you from the hand of Midian;
- NLT For he fought for you and risked his life when he rescued you from the Midianites.
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Jotham recalls how Gideon his father fought and risked his life to deliver them from Midian.
Overview
He reminds Shechem of the great good his father did at personal risk. Their treatment of Gideon's house is measured against this sacrificial service. The contrast magnifies the ingratitude and injustice of supporting Abimelech.
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- Rom 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- Esth 4:16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
- Judg 7:1–25Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
- Judg 8:4–10And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
- Rom 16:4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
- Rev 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
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