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


In Context

5 And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, upon one stone; notwithstanding, yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

6 And all the men of Shechem assembled, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

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 to them, Hearken to me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.

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

9 But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

10 And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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