Judges 9:8

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

7When Jotham was told about this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He shouted and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

9But the olive tree said to them, 'Should I give up my oil, which is used to honor gods and mankind, so I may go return, just to sway over the other trees?'

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Cross References

Judges 8:22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”

Ezekiel 17:3Say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: 1 A large eagle with large wings and long pinions, full of feathers, 1 and that was multicolored went to Lebanon and took hold of the top of a cedar tree. 1

1 Corinthians 12:15If the foot says, “Since I am not the hand, I am not part of the body,” it is not any less a part of the body.

Matthew Henry on Judges 9:8-22

Jotham's Parable. ( b. c. 1209.) 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 unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said… Read the whole commentary →

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