Judges 9:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ One day the trees decided to choose a king to rule over them. The trees said to the olive tree, “You be king 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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 14:9

Jehoash king of Israel sent an answer to Amaziah king of Judah. Jehoash said, “The thorn bush in Lebanon sent a message to the cedar tree in Lebanon. It said, ‘Give your daughter for my son to marry.’ But a wild animal from Lebanon passed by and walked on the thorn bush.

2 Chronicles 25:18

Then Jehoash sent his answer to Amaziah. Jehoash was the king of Israel and Amaziah was the king of Judah. Jehoash told this story: “A little thorn bush of Lebanon sent a message to a big cedar tree of Lebanon. The little thorn bush said, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal came and walked over the thorn bush and destroyed it.

1 Corinthians 12:15

The foot might say, “I am not a hand. So I don’t belong to the body.” But saying this would not stop the foot from being a part of the body.

Judges 9:7

Jotham heard that the leaders of the city of Shechem had made Abimelech king. When he heard this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. [80] Jotham shouted out this story to the people:

Judges 9:9

But the olive tree said, “Men and gods praise me for my oil. Should I stop making my oil just to go and sway over the other trees?”