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Judges 9:53
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KJ21
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head and broke his skull.
ASV
And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.
AMP
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone [down] on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
AMPC
But a certain woman cast an upper millstone [down] upon Abimelech’s head and broke his skull.
BRG
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
CSB
But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech’s head and fractured his skull.
CSBA
But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech’s head and fractured his skull.
CEB
a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and cracked his skull.
CJB
a woman dropped an upper millstone on Avimelekh’s head, cracking his skull.
CEV
when a woman on the roof dropped a large rock on his head and cracked his skull.
DARBY
and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.
DRA
And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
ERV
But, while Abimelech was standing at the door of the tower, a woman on the roof dropped a grinding stone on his head. The grinding stone crushed his skull.
EASY
A woman on the roof dropped a heavy rock down on his head. It broke Abimelech's skull.
EHV
A certain woman threw down an upper millstone onto the head of Abimelek, and she fractured his skull.
ESV
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and crushed his skull.
ESVUK
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and crushed his skull.
EXB
but as he came near, a woman dropped a ·grinding stone [L upper millstone; C the smaller stone (about 10 inches long) that was rolled by hand over the top of the larger lower millstone; Deut. 24:6] on his head, crushing his skull.
GNV
But a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his brainpan.
GW
Then a woman threw a small millstone that hit Abimelech on the head and cracked his skull.
GNT
But a woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull.
HCSB
But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech’s head and fractured his skull.
ICB
As Abimelech came near, a woman dropped a large stone for grinding grain on his head. The stone crushed Abimelech’s skull.
ISV
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone down on Abimelech’s head, fracturing his skull.
JUB
But a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
KJV
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
AKJV
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
LSB
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and she smashed his skull.
LEB
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and cracked open his skull.
TLB
a woman on the roof threw down a millstone. It landed on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
MSG
Abimelech went on to Thebez. He camped at Thebez and captured it. The Tower-of-Strength stood in the middle of the city; all the men and women of the city along with the city’s leaders had fled there and locked themselves in. They were up on the tower roof. Abimelech got as far as the tower and assaulted it. He came up to the tower door to set it on fire. Just then some woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and crushed his skull. He called urgently to his young armor bearer and said, “Draw your sword and kill me so they can’t say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” His armor bearer drove in his sword, and Abimelech died.
MEV
a certain woman dropped an upper millstone on the head of Abimelek, and it crushed his skull.
NOG
Then a woman threw a small millstone that hit Abimelech on the head and cracked his skull.
NABRE
a certain woman cast the upper part of a millstone down on Abimelech’s head, and it fractured his skull.
NASB
But a woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
NASB1995
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
NCB
A certain woman cast the upper part of a millstone down upon Abimelech’s head, and it cracked his skull.
NCV
but as he came near, a woman dropped a grinding stone on his head, crushing his skull.
NET
a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.
NIRV
But a woman dropped a large millstone on him. It broke his head open.
NIV
a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.
NIVUK
a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.
NKJV
But a certain woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
NLV
But a certain woman threw a grain-crushing stone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
NLT
a woman on the roof dropped a millstone that landed on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
NRSVA
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.
NRSVACE
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.
NRSVCE
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.
NRSVUE
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
OJB
And a certain woman dropped an upper millstone upon Avimelech’s head, and cracked his gulgolet (skull).
RGT
But a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head and broke his skull.
RSV
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone upon Abim′elech’s head, and crushed his skull.
RSVCE
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone upon Abim′elech’s head, and crushed his skull.
TLV
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
VOICE
But this time as he approached the entrance, a woman dropped an upper millstone upon him, crushing his skull.
WEB
A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.
WYC
and lo! a woman casted from above a gobbet of a millstone, and hurtled to the head of Abimelech, and it brake his noll. (and lo! a woman threw a piece of a millstone down from above, and hurtled it onto Abimelech’s head, and it broke, or it cracked, his skull.)
YLT
and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull,
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