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Judges Chapter 9 verse 29 Holy Bible

ASV Judges 9:29

And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
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BBE Judges 9:29

If only I had authority over this people! I would put Abimelech out of the way, and I would say to Abimelech, Make your army strong, and come out.
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DARBY Judges 9:29

Would that this people were under my hand! then I would remove Abim'elech. I would say to Abim'elech, 'Increase your army, and come out.'"
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KJV Judges 9:29

And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
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WBT Judges 9:29

And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thy army, and come out.
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WEB Judges 9:29

Would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. He said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out.
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YLT Judges 9:29

and oh that this people were in my hand -- then I turn Abimelech aside;' and he saith to Abimelech, `Increase thy host, and come out.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - And would to God, etc., i.e. "If you will only trust me as your leader, I will soon remove Abimelech, and then you can have a national government." It seems that the people at once closed with his offer, and, thus emboldened, he sent a challenge to Abimelech to come out and fight him.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) Would to God this people were under my hand !--Comp. 2Samuel 15:4.And he said to Abimelech.--The "he said" may be the impersonal idiom (comp. Joshua 7:26, &c.), meaning "it was told" (Vulg., Dictum est). It is less likely that "he" means Zebul, or that it is Gaal's drunken vaunt to the absent Abimelech. Another reading is, "And I would say to Abimelech," &c.