23Gideon said to them, |I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.|


In Context

20 He said to Jether his firstborn, |Get up, and kill them!| But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, |Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.| Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, |Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.|

23 Gideon said to them, |I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.|

24 Gideon said to them, |I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil.| (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

25 They answered, |We will willingly give them.| They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his spoil into it.

Judges 8:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:23But Gideon told them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will rule over you."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:23And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:23And he said to them: I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, but the Lord shall rule over you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:23And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah shall rule over you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:23Gideon said to them, |I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you.|

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:23And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:23And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:23And Gideon saith unto them, 'I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:23And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.