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Judges 9:24

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 24 This was so that the violence done to the 70 sons of Jer·ub·baʹal might be avenged, so as to place responsibility for their blood on their brother A·bimʹe·lech for killing them+ and on the leaders of Sheʹchem for helping him to kill his brothers.

Judges 9:24

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 24 This was so that the violence done to the 70 sons of Jer·ub·baʹal might be avenged, so as to place responsibility for their blood on their brother A·bimʹe·lech for killing them+ and on the leaders of Sheʹchem for helping him to kill his brothers.

Judges 9:24

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 24 that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jer·ub·baʹal might come*+ and that he might put their blood upon A·bimʹe·lech their brother because he killed them,+ and upon the landowners of Sheʹchem because they strengthened his hands+ to kill his brothers.

Judges 9:24

The Bible in Living English
- 24 * that the outrage committed upon the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come home, and their blood to lay on their brother Abimelec who had killed them and on the citizens of Shekem who had backed him in killing his brothers.

Judges 9:24

The Emphasized Bible
- 24 that the cruel wrong to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come [upon them],—and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the owners of Shechem who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

Judges 9:24

King James Version
- 24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.