Judges 9:8
What does Judges 9:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Judges 9:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign over us.
Context
v.7And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
v.8This passage
v.9But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 17:3
and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
- Judges 8:22
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.
- Daniel 4:10
Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and the height thereof was great.
- 2 Kings 14:9
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.