9:38a “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied.

Then Zebul said: “Now where are your (sing.) fine speeches?
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Then Zebul replied, “All your big words are useless now.

9:38b “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’

You said, ‘Who is Abimelek that we (incl.) should let him be our ruler?’
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You said, ‘Abimelek is nothing. We shouldn’t let him rule over us.’

9:38c Are these not the people you ridiculed?

Aren’t these men the ones you despised?
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Now the people you said were nothing are coming here.

9:38d Go out now and fight them!”

Well get up, it’s time to go and fight them.”
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Go and fight them.”

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