Judges 9:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"The trees went to anoint someone to be king over them. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king!'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Judges 9:8 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 9:7 Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and called out. Thus he said to them, "Listen to me, O men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

Judges 9:9 "But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness with which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:8 {e} The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
(e) By this parable he declares that those that are not ambitious, are most worthy of honour and that the ambitious abuse their honour both to their own destruction and others.

WES:

9:8 The trees, and c. - A parabolical discourse, usual among the ancients, especially in the eastern parts. To anoint - To make a king, which was done among the Israelites, and some others, with the ceremony of anointing. Olive - tree - By which he understands Gideon.

MHC:

9:7-21 There was no occasion for the trees to choose a king, they are all the trees of the Lord which he has planted. Nor was there any occasion for Israel to set a king over them, for the Lord was their King. Those who bear fruit for the public good, are justly respected and honoured by all that are wise, more than those who merely make a figure. All these fruit-trees gave much the same reason for their refusal to be promoted over the trees; or, as the margin reads it, to go up and down for the trees. To rule, involves a man in a great deal both of toil and care. Those who are preferred to public trust and power, must forego all private interests and advantages, for the good of others. And those advanced to honour and dignity, are in great danger of losing their fruitfulness. For which reason, they that desire to do good, are afraid of being too great. Jotham compares Abimelech to the bramble or thistle, a worthless plant, whose end is to be burned. Such a one was Abimelech.

CONC:

Anoint Diligently Forth Olive Olive-tree Reign Themselves Tree Trees

Anoint Diligently Olive Olive-Tree Once Reign Themselves Time Tree Trees

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