Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and be our king.’ New Living Translation “Then all the trees finally turned to the thornbush and said, ‘Come, you be our king!’ English Standard Version Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’ Berean Standard Bible Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’ King James Bible Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. New King James Version “Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us!’ New American Standard Bible Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You, come, reign over us!’ NASB 1995 “Finally all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come, reign over us!’ NASB 1977 “Finally all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come, reign over us!’ Legacy Standard Bible Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come, reign over us!’ Amplified Bible Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’ Christian Standard Bible Finally, all the trees said to the bramble, “Come and reign over us.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Finally, all the trees said to the bramble,” Come and reign over us.” American Standard Version Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And all the trees said to a bramble: “You reign over us!” Brenton Septuagint Translation Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. Contemporary English Version Finally, they went to the thornbush and asked, "Will you be our king?" Douay-Rheims Bible And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us. English Revised Version Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then all the trees said to the thornbush, 'You come and be our king!' Good News Translation So then all the trees said to the thorn bush, 'You come and be our king.' International Standard Version "So all the trees told the bramble bush, 'Hey you! Come and reign over us!' JPS Tanakh 1917 Then said all the trees unto the bramble: Come thou, and reign over us. Literal Standard Version And all the trees say to the bramble, Come, reign over us. Majority Standard Bible Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’ New American Bible Then all the trees said to the buckthorn, ‘Come; you reign over us!’ NET Bible "So all the trees said to the thornbush, 'You come and be our king!' New Revised Standard Version So all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’ New Heart English Bible "Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come, and reign over us.' Webster's Bible Translation Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. World English Bible “Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’ Young's Literal Translation And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jotham's Parable…13But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’ 14Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’ 15But 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.’… Cross References Judges 9:13 But the grapevine replied, 'Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?' Judges 9:15 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.' Treasury of Scripture Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come you, and reign over us. bramble. 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 trode down the thistle. Jump to Previous Bramble Reign Thorn Thornbush TreesJump to Next Bramble Reign Thorn Thornbush TreesJudges 9 1. Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king7. Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin 22. Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him 30. Zebul reveals it 34. Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt 46. He burns the hold of the god Berith 50. At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone 56. Jotham's curse is fulfilled. (14) Unto the bramble.--Despairing of their best, they avail themselves of the unscrupulous ambition of their worst. The bramble--atad--is rather the rhamnus, or buckthorn, which Dioscorides calls the Cartha ginian atadin. There seems to be an echo of this fable in 'sop's fable of the fox and the thorn, where the fox is dreadfully rent by taking hold of the thorn to save himself from a fall, and the thorn asks him what else he could expect. Reign over us.--They seem to address the thorn in a less ceremonious imperative--not m?lekah, as to the olive, or m?leki, as to the fig-tree and vine, but a mere blunt mel?k! Verse 14. - The bramble. A prickly shrub; in Greek ῤαμνος, Rhamnus, "the southern buckthorn" (Gesenins). The same plant as is mentioned in Psalm 58:9 (thorns, A.V.) as used to make fires with (see note to ver. 7).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Finally allכָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the trees הָעֵצִ֖ים (hā·‘ê·ṣîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood said וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the thornbush, הָאָטָ֑ד (hā·’ā·ṭāḏ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 329: A bramble, buckthorn, also a city in Canaan ‘Come לֵ֥ךְ (lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk and reign מְלָךְ־ (mə·lāḵ-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel over us.’ עָלֵֽינוּ׃ (‘ā·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links Judges 9:14 NIVJudges 9:14 NLT Judges 9:14 ESV Judges 9:14 NASB Judges 9:14 KJV Judges 9:14 BibleApps.com Judges 9:14 Biblia Paralela Judges 9:14 Chinese Bible Judges 9:14 French Bible Judges 9:14 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 9:14 Then said all the trees to (Jd Judg. 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