Judges 9:14
Good News Translation
So then all the trees said to the thorn bush, 'You come and be our king.'

New Revised Standard Version
So all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’

Contemporary English Version
Finally, they went to the thornbush and asked, "Will you be our king?"

New American Bible
Then all the trees said to the buckthorn, ‘Come; you reign over us!’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.

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2 Kings 14:9 And Joas, king of Israel, sent again to Amasias, king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed, and trod down the thistle.

Context
Jotham's Parable
13And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees? 14And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.15And it answered them: If, indeed, you mean to make me king, come ye, and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.…
Cross References
Judges 9:13
And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?

Judges 9:15
And it answered them: If, indeed, you mean to make me king, come ye, and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.

Judges 9:13
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