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Judges 9:8

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

KJV

Ierunt ligna, ut ungerent super se regem : dixeruntque olivæ : Impera nobis.

Vulgate

πορευόμενα ἐπορεύθη τὰ ξύλα τοῦ χρίσαι ἐφ’ ἑαυτὰ βασιλέα, καὶ εἶπον τῇ ἐλαίᾳ Βασίλευσον ἐφ’ ἡμῶν.

LXX

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

ASV

הָל֤וֹךְ הָֽלְכוּ֙ הָ/עֵצִ֔ים לִ/מְשֹׁ֥חַ עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם מֶ֑לֶךְ וַ/יֹּאמְר֥וּ לַ/זַּ֖יִת מלוכ/ה מָלְכָ֥/ה עָלֵֽי/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
זַ֔יִת
zyt
noun · 37×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָֽ
k
verb · 69×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 12:15 — If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
  • 2Chr 25:18 — And Joash 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
  • 2Kgs 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 pass
  • 2Kgs 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 pass
  • Dan 4:10 — Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
  • Judg 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 delivered us from the hand of Midian.
  • Matt 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
  • Rom 11:17 — And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;