Judges 9:52–53
52 And Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 dAnd a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — The New International Version (NIV)
52 Abimelek went to the tower and attacked it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, 53 a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — New Living Translation (NLT)
52 Abimelech followed them to attack the tower. But as he prepared to set fire to the entrance, 53 a woman on the roof dropped a millstone that landed on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
52 So Abimelech came as far as the tower and fought against it; and he drew near the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 But a certain woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — New Century Version (NCV)
52 Abimelech came to the tower to attack it. He approached the door of the tower to set it on fire, 53 but as he came near, a woman dropped a grinding stone on his head, crushing his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — American Standard Version (ASV)
52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
52 And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and he drew near to the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire; 53 and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
52 Abimelech came to the tower. He began to fight against it and went near the entrance of the tower to burn it down. 53 Then a woman threw a small millstone that hit Abimelech on the head and cracked his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
52 When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire. 53 But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech’s head and fractured his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
52 Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and came near to the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
52 Abimelech came up to the tower and fought against it, and he came near the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and cracked open his skull.
Judges 9:52–53 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
52 Abimelech went to the tower and attacked it. He approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire. 53 But a woman dropped a large millstone on him. It broke his head open.
Judges 9:52–53 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
52 So Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and approached the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire.
53 But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.