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href="/bsb/judges/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/judges/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/judges/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For he fought for you and risked his life when he rescued you from the Midianites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/judges/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/judges/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/judges/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/judges/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />for my father fought for you, and risked his life and saved you from the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/judges/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/judges/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/judges/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />for my father fought for you and risked his life and rescued you from the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/judges/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for my father fought for you, risked his life, and rescued you from Midian,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you from the hand of Midian, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/judges/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/judges/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/judges/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />My father fought for you. He risked his life and rescued you from Midian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/judges/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Remember that my father fought for you. He risked his life to save you from the Midianites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/judges/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />because my father fought on your behalf, throwing away all concern for his own life, and delivered you from Midian's domination.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/judges/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/judges/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian's power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/judges/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />(for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/judges/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you from the hand of Midian:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/judges/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />(for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/judges/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />because my father has fought for you, and casts his life away from [him], and delivers you from the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/judges/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from him, and deliver you from the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/judges/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />(For my father fought for you, and he will cast his soul away, and he will deliver you from the hand of Midian.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/judges/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver you from the hands of Madian, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/judges/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and who gave his life to dangers, so that he might rescue you from the hand of Midian,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />for my father fought for you at the risk of his life when he delivered you from the power of Midian,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and rescued you from the hand of Midian;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/judges/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />(For my father fought for you, and ventured his life afar, and delivered you from the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/judges/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because my father fought for your persons and he put his life on the front lines, and he saved you from the hand of Midian<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/judges/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/judges/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />as my father fought for you, and put his life in jeopardy, and delivered you out of the hand of Madiam;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/judges/9-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=2779" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/judges/9.htm">Jotham's Parable</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves— <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">my father</a> <a href="/hebrew/3898.htm" title="3898: nil·ḥam (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To feed on, to consume, to battle. A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle.">fought</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: way·yaš·lêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">and risked</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: min·ne·ḡeḏ (Prep-m) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">his life</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: way·yaṣ·ṣêl (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">to deliver</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yaḏ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">from the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/4080.htm" title="4080: miḏ·yān (N-proper-ms) -- The same as midyan; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and his descendants.">of Midian,</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-11.htm">Judges 6:11-14</a></span><br />Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites. / And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.” / “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-25.htm">Judges 6:25-27</a></span><br />On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. / Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.” / So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/7-2.htm">Judges 7:2-8</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ / Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained. / Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/7-15.htm">Judges 7:15-22</a></span><br />When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.” / And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch. / “Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/8-22.htm">Judges 8:22-23</a></span><br />Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.” / But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-11.htm">1 Samuel 12:11</a></span><br />So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-32.htm">Hebrews 11:32-34</a></span><br />And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, / who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/11-13.htm">1 Samuel 11:13</a></span><br />But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-23.htm">1 Samuel 14:23</a></span><br />So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/23-12.htm">2 Samuel 23:12</a></span><br />But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-5.htm">2 Kings 13:5</a></span><br />So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-27.htm">Nehemiah 9:27</a></span><br />So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Psalm 44:3-7</a></span><br />For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them. / You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob. / Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-12</a></span><br />Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-35.htm">Acts 7:35-36</a></span><br />This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. / He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:</p><p class="hdg">fought</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/7-1.htm">Judges 7:1</a></b></br> Then Jerubbaal, who <i>is</i> Gideon, and all the people that <i>were</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/8-4.htm">Judges 8:4-10</a></b></br> And Gideon came to Jordan, <i>and</i> passed over, he, and the three hundred men that <i>were</i> with him, faint, yet pursuing <i>them</i>… </p><p class="hdg">adventured his life.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a></b></br> Go, 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 <i>is</i> not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/5-8.htm">Romans 5:8</a></b></br> But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/16-4.htm">Romans 16:4</a></b></br> Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/8-25.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/judges/8-11.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/judges/7-7.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/judges/8-34.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/judges/8-34.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/judges/9-16.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/judges/5-7.htm">Life</a> <a href="/judges/8-28.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/judges/8-28.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-31.htm">Rescue</a> <a href="/judges/8-34.htm">Rescued</a> <a href="/judges/5-18.htm">Risked</a> <a href="/numbers/36-6.htm">Think</a> <a href="/judges/6-12.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/9-53.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/judges/12-2.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/judges/10-1.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/judges/10-12.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/judges/9-29.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/judges/9-24.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/judges/12-3.htm">Life</a> <a href="/judges/10-12.htm">Midian</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-18.htm">Mid'ian</a> <a href="/judges/18-28.htm">Rescue</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-14.htm">Rescued</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-19.htm">Risked</a> <a href="/judges/10-15.htm">Think</a> <a href="/judges/9-39.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/9-1.htm">Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/9-7.htm">Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/9-22.htm">Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/9-30.htm">Zebul reveals it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/9-34.htm">Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/9-46.htm">He burns the hold of the god Berith</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/9-50.htm">At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone</a></span><br><span class="reftext">56. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/judges/9-56.htm">Jotham's curse is fulfilled.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Gideon's leadership is detailed in <a href="/judges/6.htm">Judges 6-8</a>, where he is called by God to deliver Israel from the oppression of the Midianites. Gideon's fight for Israel is a testament to his obedience to God's call, despite his initial hesitance and feelings of inadequacy. This reflects the biblical theme of God using unlikely individuals to fulfill His purposes, as seen with other figures like Moses and David.<p><b>and risked his life</b><br>Gideon's actions involved significant personal risk, as he faced a formidable enemy with a vastly outnumbered force. The account of Gideon's battle strategy, which involved reducing his army to just 300 men, highlights his faith and reliance on God's power rather than human strength. This act of risking his life is a demonstration of sacrificial leadership, a quality that is later epitomized in Jesus Christ, who laid down His life for humanity.<p><b>to deliver you from the hand of Midian</b><br>The deliverance from Midian is a key event in Israel's history, showcasing God's intervention and faithfulness in rescuing His people from oppression. The Midianites were a nomadic people who, during the time of the Judges, oppressed Israel by destroying their crops and livestock. Gideon's victory over Midian is symbolic of God's power to save and is a precursor to the ultimate deliverance through Christ. This deliverance also serves as a reminder of the cyclical pattern of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance that characterizes the period of the Judges.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/gideon.htm">Gideon (Jerubbaal)</a></b><br>Gideon, also known as Jerubbaal, was a judge of Israel who led a small army to victory against the Midianites, as described in <a href="/bsb/judges/6.htm">Judges 6-8</a>. He is the father referenced in <a href="/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17</a>.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/abimelech.htm">Abimelech</a></b><br>The speaker in <a href="/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17</a> is Abimelech, the son of Gideon, who is addressing the leaders of Shechem. Abimelech is seeking to establish his rule over Shechem and is reminding them of his father's deeds.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/midianites.htm">Midianites</a></b><br>A nomadic people who oppressed Israel for seven years. Gideon's victory over them is a significant event in Israel's history, demonstrating God's deliverance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shechem.htm">Shechem</a></b><br>A city in ancient Israel where Abimelech seeks to establish his rule. It is a place of historical and covenantal significance in the Bible.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from the oppression of the Midianites through Gideon's leadership.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_deliverance.htm">Remembering God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Just as Abimelech reminded the people of Gideon's deliverance, we should remember and recount God's past faithfulness in our lives as a foundation for trust and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_leadership.htm">The Cost of Leadership</a></b><br>Gideon's willingness to risk his life for Israel highlights the sacrificial nature of godly leadership. True leaders prioritize the well-being of those they serve over personal gain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_forgetfulness.htm">The Danger of Forgetfulness</a></b><br>The Israelites' quick forgetfulness of Gideon's deeds serves as a warning against spiritual amnesia. We must actively remember and teach God's works to future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ambition.htm">The Consequences of Ambition</a></b><br>Abimelech's ambition and manipulation to gain power contrast with Gideon's humility and reliance on God. Ambition unchecked by godly principles can lead to destructive outcomes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Gideon's account is a testament to faith in action. Despite overwhelming odds, his trust in God led to victory. We are called to act in faith, trusting God for the results.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_doubt.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on doubt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_doubting_god.htm">What is questioning God's actions or existence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_romans_4_17_align_with_science.htm">In Romans 4:17, how does the claim that God can call 'into existence the things that do not exist' align with scientific understanding of matter and origins?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_1_peter_4_17_fit_universal_judgment.htm">If (1 Peter 4:17) declares judgment begins with God's own people, how is that consistent with verses that imply universal judgment in the future?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Adventured his life.</span>--Literally, as in the margin, <span class= "ital">cast his life </span>(LXX., <span class= "greekheb">??????</span>), like the Latin <span class= "ital">projicere vitam </span>(Lucan, <span class= "ital">Phars. </span>iv. 516). Comp. the reading <span class= "ital">paraboleusamenos </span>in <a href="/philippians/2-30.htm" title="Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.">Philippians 2:30</a> and <a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm" title="Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul to death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.">Isaiah 53:12</a> : "He hath poured out his soul unto death."<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/judges/9-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my father</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fought</span><br /><span class="heb">נִלְחַ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(nil·ḥam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3898.htm">Strong's 3898: </a> </span><span class="str2">To feed on, to consume, to battle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for you</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and risked</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaš·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw out, down, away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his life</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשׁוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">to deliver</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּצֵּ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaṣ·ṣêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the hand</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיַּ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Midian,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדְיָֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(miḏ·yān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4080.htm">Strong's 4080: </a> </span><span class="str2">Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/judges/9-17.htm">Judges 9:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/judges/9-17.htm">OT History: Judges 9:17 For my father fought for you (Jd Judg. 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