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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Judges 9:53 Catholic Bible: But a woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/judges/9-53.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/judges/9-53.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/judges/9-53.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/judges/1.htm">Judges</a> > <a href="/gntd/judges/9.htm">Chapter 9</a> > Verse 53</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/9-52.htm" title="Judges 9:52">◄</a> Judges 9:53 <a href="../judges/9-54.htm" title="Judges 9:54">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/judges/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/judges/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But a woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/judges/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />when a woman on the roof dropped a large rock on his head and cracked his skull. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />a certain woman cast the upper part of a millstone down on Abimelech’s head, and it fractured his skull.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/judges/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And behold, a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And behold, a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.</p><p class="hdg">woman</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../judges/9-15.htm">Judges 9:15,20</a> And it answered them: If, indeed, you mean to make me king, come ye, and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/11-21.htm">2 Samuel 11:21</a> Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/20-21.htm">2 Samuel 20:21</a> The matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephraim, Seba the son of Bochri by name, hath lifted up his hand against king David: deliver him only, and we will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab: Behold his head shall be thrown to thee from the wall.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../job/31-3.htm">Job 31:3</a> Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/49-20.htm">Jeremiah 49:20</a> Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his thoughts which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down, of a truth they shall destroy them with their habitation.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/50-45.htm">Jeremiah 50:45</a> Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken against Babylon: and his thoughts which he hath thought against the land of the Chaldeans: surely the little ones of the flocks shall pull them down, of a truth their habitation shall be destroyed with them.</p><p class="hdg">and all to.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/judges/9.htm">Abimelech's Punishment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">52</span>And Abimelech, coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and, approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it: <span class="reftext">53</span><span class="highl">And behold, a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.</span><span class="reftext">54</span>And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../judges/9-52.htm">Judges 9:52</a></span><br />And Abimelech, coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and, approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_samuel/11-21.htm">2 Samuel 11:21</a></span><br />Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/9-52.htm">Abimelech</a> <a href="/genesis/21-25.htm">Abimelech's</a> <a href="/genesis/21-25.htm">Abim'elech's</a> <a href="/judges/9-2.htm">Bone</a> <a href="/judges/8-17.htm">Brake</a> <a href="/judges/9-45.htm">Breaketh</a> <a href="/judges/8-17.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/judges/9-17.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/joshua/9-13.htm">Cracked</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-6.htm">Cracking</a> <a href="/judges/9-27.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/judges/6-11.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/judges/5-4.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/judges/9-39.htm">Head</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-6.htm">Millstone</a> <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Piece</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-6.htm">Rider</a> <a href="/john/19-17.htm">Skull</a> <a href="/judges/9-18.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/judges/8-25.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/judges/3-25.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/judges/9-4.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/9-55.htm">Abimelech</a> <a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Abimelech's</a> <a href="/genesis/21-25.htm">Abim'elech's</a> <a href="/judges/19-29.htm">Bone</a> <a href="/judges/16-9.htm">Brake</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">Breaketh</a> <a href="/judges/16-9.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/judges/11-2.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Cracked</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-6.htm">Cracking</a> <a href="/judges/10-8.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/judges/10-12.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/judges/15-14.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/judges/9-57.htm">Head</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-21.htm">Millstone</a> <a href="/judges/16-9.htm">Piece</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-19.htm">Rider</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-35.htm">Skull</a> <a href="/judges/20-16.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/judges/15-17.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-19.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/judges/13-5.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a Abimelech's an and But certain cracked crushing dropped head his millstone on skull threw upper woman<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/judges/9-53.htm">OT History: Judges 9:53 A certain woman cast an upper millstone (Jd Judg. 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