Judges 9:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ One time the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, Reign over us.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.

Common English Bible

⁸ “Once the trees went out to anoint a king over themselves. So they said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The trees went to anoint a king over themselves. And they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The trees went to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive-tree: Reign thou over us.

Judges 9:8 Cross References

2 Kings 14:9

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

2 Chronicles 25:18

And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon; and trode down the thistle.

1 Corinthians 12:15

If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.

Judges 9:7

And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

Judges 9:9

But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?