8'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.
8'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.
5 and he goeth into the house of his father at Ophrah, and slayeth his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone; and Jotham, youngest son of Jerubbaal, is left, for he was hidden.
6 And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which is in Shechem;
7 and they declare it to Jotham, and he goeth and standeth on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifteth up his voice, and calleth, and saith to them, 'Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and God doth hearken unto you:
8 'The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.
9 And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
10 And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.
9:8One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king.'
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.
9:8The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.
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.
9:8The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
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.
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.
9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'
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.