King James Version
Judges 9:17 in the King James Version says “(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: adventured: Heb...” — study this verse from Judges chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: adventured: Heb. cast his life”
Judges 9:17 · KJV
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: adventured: Heb. cast his life
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
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who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“For my father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for you and adventured”
H7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his life”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“far”
H5048a front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“you out of the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“of Midian”
H4080midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
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