Judges 9:8

Modern English Version

The trees once went out to anoint a king over them. They said to the olive tree, ‘Rule over us!’

Cross References

2 Kings 14:9

Then Jehoash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thorn bush in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife.’ But a wild animal passed through in Lebanon and trampled the thorn bush.

2 Chronicles 25:18

So Jehoash king of Israel sent a message for Amaziah king of Judah saying, “A thistle in Lebanon sent for a cedar in Lebanon stating, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then an animal of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

1 Corinthians 12:15

If the foot says, “Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?

Judges 9:7

When Jotham heard this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He raised his voice and called out, saying to them, “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Judges 9:9

“Yet the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I stop making oil, by which God and men are honored, to go and sway over the trees?’