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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ותשלך אשה אחת פלח רכב--על ראש אבימלך ותרץ את גלגלתו
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vtSHlk ASHh AKHt plKH rkb--`l rASH Abymlk vtrTS At glgltv

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et ecce una mulier fragmen molae desuper iaciens inlisit capiti Abimelech et confregit cerebrum eius

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone on Abimelech's head, and all to broke his skull.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
New King James Version   
But a certain woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
21st Century King James Version   
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head and broke his skull.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull.
Darby Bible Translation   
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone upon Abim'elech's head, and crushed his skull.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
God's Word   
Then a woman threw a small millstone that hit Abimelech on the head and cracked his skull.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech's head and fractured his skull.
International Standard Version   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone down on Abimelech's head, fracturing his skull.
NET Bible   
a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.
New American Standard Bible   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, crushing his skull.
New International Version   
a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.
New Living Translation   
a woman on the roof dropped a millstone that landed on Abimelech's head and crushed his skull.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And a certain woman cast a piece of of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
The World English Bible   
A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
EasyEnglish Bible   
A woman on the roof dropped a heavy rock down on his head. It broke Abimelech's skull.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull,
New Life Version   
But a certain woman threw a grain-crushing stone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
The Voice Bible   
But this time as he approached the entrance, a woman dropped an upper millstone upon him, crushing his skull.
Living Bible   
a woman on the roof threw down a millstone. It landed on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
New Catholic Bible   
A certain woman cast the upper part of a millstone down upon Abimelech’s head, and it cracked his skull.
Legacy Standard Bible   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and she smashed his skull.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
But a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
Christian Standard Bible   
But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech’s head and fractured his skull.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
But a certain woman cast an upper millstone [down] upon Abimelech’s head and broke his skull.
New Century Version   
but as he came near, a woman dropped a grinding stone on his head, crushing his skull.
The Message   
Abimelech went on to Thebez. He camped at Thebez and captured it. The Tower-of-Strength stood in the middle of the city; all the men and women of the city along with the city’s leaders had fled there and locked themselves in. They were up on the tower roof. Abimelech got as far as the tower and assaulted it. He came up to the tower door to set it on fire. Just then some woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and crushed his skull. He called urgently to his young armor bearer and said, “Draw your sword and kill me so they can’t say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” His armor bearer drove in his sword, and Abimelech died.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
A certain woman threw down an upper millstone onto the head of Abimelek, and she fractured his skull.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.
Good News Translation®   
But a woman threw a millstone down on his head and fractured his skull.
Wycliffe Bible   
and lo! a woman casted from above a gobbet of a millstone, and hurtled to the head of Abimelech, and it brake his noll. (and lo! a woman threw a piece of a millstone down from above, and hurtled it onto Abimelech’s head, and it broke, or it cracked, his skull.)
Contemporary English Version   
when a woman on the roof dropped a large rock on his head and cracked his skull.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone upon Abim′elech’s head, and crushed his skull.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.
Common English Bible © 2011   
a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and cracked his skull.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone [down] on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and crushed his skull.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
a certain woman cast the upper part of a millstone down on Abimelech’s head, and it fractured his skull.
New American Standard Bible   
But a woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
The Expanded Bible   
but as he came near, a woman dropped a ·grinding stone [L upper millstone; C the smaller stone (about 10 inches long) that was rolled by hand over the top of the larger lower millstone; Deut. 24:6] on his head, crushing his skull.
Tree of Life Version   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.
Revised Standard Version   
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone upon Abim′elech’s head, and crushed his skull.
New International Reader's Version   
But a woman dropped a large millstone on him. It broke his head open.
BRG Bible   
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
Complete Jewish Bible   
a woman dropped an upper millstone on Avimelekh’s head, cracking his skull.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And a certain woman dropped an upper millstone upon Avimelech’s head, and cracked his gulgolet (skull).
Names of God Bible   
Then a woman threw a small millstone that hit Abimelech on the head and cracked his skull.
Modern English Version   
a certain woman dropped an upper millstone on the head of Abimelek, and it crushed his skull.
Easy-to-Read Version   
But, while Abimelech was standing at the door of the tower, a woman on the roof dropped a grinding stone on his head. The grinding stone crushed his skull.
International Children’s Bible   
As Abimelech came near, a woman dropped a large stone for grinding grain on his head. The stone crushed Abimelech’s skull.
Lexham English Bible   
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and cracked open his skull.
New International Version - UK   
a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.