en_tn_lite_do_not_use/jdg/09/38.md

# Zebul

See how you translated this name in [Judges 9:28](./28.md).

# Where are your proud words now, you

Zebul is scolding Gaal with this rhetorical question. Alternate translation: "You are not speaking proudly now, you" or "You are not proud now, you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# you who said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?'

Zebul is quoting Gaal's boast back to Gaal. This can be translated as a statement and as an indirect quote. Alternate translation: "you who said that we should not serve Abimelech." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# Are these not the men you despised?

Zebul is challenging Gaal with this rhetorical question. This question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "Here are the men that you despised." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# despised

strongly disliked or hated