(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
WEB
for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
YLT
because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from him , and deliver you from the hand of Midian;
DBT
— for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy