Judges 9:37

Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center ¹  of the land. A unit ²  is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” ³ 

biblegateway Jdg 9:37

But Gaal spoke up again: "Look, people are coming down from the centre of the land, and a company is coming from the direction of the soothsayers’ tree."

biblegateway Jdg 9:37

Gaal spoke again and said, "Behold, people are coming down from the highest part of the land, and one company comes by the way of the diviners’ oak."

biblegateway Jdg 9:37

But again Gaal said, "No, people are coming down from the hills. And another group is coming down the road past the Diviners’ Oak."

biblegateway Jdg 9:37

Then he said again, "Look at the troops coming down off Tabbur-erez (the Navel of the World)--and one company coming straight from the Oracle Oak."

SABDAweb Jdg 9:37

And Gaal said again, See! people are coming down from the middle of the land, and one band is coming by way of the oak-tree of the Seers.

bibleoremus Jdg 9:37

Gaal spoke again and said, "Look, people are coming down from Tabbur-erez, and one company is coming from the direction of Elon-meonenim."

biblegateway Jdg 9:37

So Gaal spoke again and said, "See, people are coming down from the center of the land, and another company is coming from the Diviners’ Terebinth Tree."

biblegateway Jdg 9:37

Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center ¹  of the land. A unit ²  is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” ³ 

¹ tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.

² tn Heb “head.”

³ tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.