8The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'


In Context

5 And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubba'al, seventy men, upon one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubba'al was left, for he hid himself.

6 And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim'elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

7 When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Ger'izim, and cried aloud and said to them, |Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

8 The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

9 But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness, by which gods and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?'

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come you, and reign over us.'

Judges 9:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:8One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king.'

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:8The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign you over us.