Judges 9:53
Modern Translations
New International Version
a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.

New Living Translation
a woman on the roof dropped a millstone that landed on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.

English Standard Version
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.

Berean Study Bible
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

New American Standard Bible
But a woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

NASB 1995
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, crushing his skull.

NASB 1977
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

Amplified Bible
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone [down] on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.

Christian Standard Bible
But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech’s head and fractured his skull.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech's head and fractured his skull.

Contemporary English Version
when a woman on the roof dropped a large rock on his head and cracked his skull.

Good News Translation
But a woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then a woman threw a small millstone that hit Abimelech on the head and cracked his skull.

International Standard Version
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone down on Abimelech's head, fracturing his skull.

NET Bible
a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

New King James Version
But a certain woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.

King James 2000 Bible
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

New Heart English Bible
A certain woman threw down an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

World English Bible
A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

American King James Version
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone on Abimelech's head, and all to broke his skull.

American Standard Version
And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull.

A Faithful Version
And a certain woman threw a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head and crushed his skull.

Darby Bible Translation
and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.

English Revised Version
And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull.

Webster's Bible Translation
And a certain woman cast a piece of of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But a certaine woman cast a piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs head, and brake his braine pan.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And a certayne woman cast a peece of a mylstone vpon his head, & all to brake his brayne panne.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But a woman cast a pece of a mylstone vpon Abimelechs heade, and brake his brane panne.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and a certain woman casts a piece of a millstone on the head of Abimelech, and breaks his skull,

Young's Literal Translation
and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull,

Smith's Literal Translation
And one woman will cast a piece of the upper mill-stone upon the head of Abimelech, and she will break his skull.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And behold, one woman, throwing a fragment of a millstone from above, struck the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And a woman cast one piece of upper millstone of a mill on the head of Abimelek, and it broke his head

Lamsa Bible
And a certain woman threw a piece of an upper millstone upon Abimeleck's head and broke his skull.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
















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