Judges 9:14

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Judges 9:14

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’

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KJV

King James Version

Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, [and] reign over us.

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WEB

World English Bible

“Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’

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ASV

American Standard Version

Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Judges 9

¹² Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’

¹³ But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

¹⁴ Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’

¹⁵ But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

¹⁶ Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—

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