Judges 9:32
32 Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields.
Other Translations of Judges 9:32
King James Version
32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
English Standard Version
32 Now therefore, go by night, you and the people who are with you, and set an ambush in the field.
The Message
32 Here's what you do: Tonight bring your troops and wait in ambush in the field.
New King James Version
32 Now therefore, get up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field.
New Living Translation
32 Come by night with an army and hide out in the fields.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 9:32
Commentary on Judges 9:30-49
(Read Judges 9:30-49)
Abimelech intended to punish the Schechemites for slighting him now, but God punished them for their serving him formerly in the murder of Gideon's sons. When God uses men as instruments in his hand to do his work, he means one thing, and they another. That, which they hoped would have been for their welfare, proved a snare and a trap, as those will certainly find, who run to idols for shelter; such will prove a refuge of lies.