Judges 8:23

In 11 translations

BSB

But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”

KJV

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

WEB

Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.”

ASV

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah shall rule over you.

LSV

And Gideon says to them, “I do not rule over you, nor does my son rule over you; YHWH rules over you.”

YLT

And Gideon saith unto them, 'I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.'

DBY

And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah will rule over you.

DRC

And he said to them: I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, but the Lord shall rule over you.

GNV

And Gideon sayde vnto them, I will not reigne ouer you, neither shall my childe reigne ouer you, but the Lord shall reigne ouer you.

JPS

And Gideon said unto them: 'I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you.'

LXXE

And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; the Lord shall rule over you.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ גִּדְע֔וֹן לֹֽא־אֶמְשֹׁ֤ל אֲנִי֙ בָּכֶ֔ם וְלֹֽא־יִמְשֹׁ֥ל בְּנִ֖י בָּכֶ֑ם יְהוָ֖ה יִמְשֹׁ֥ל בָּכֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Γεδεὼν, οὐκ ἄρξω ἐγὼ, καὶ οὐκ ἄρξει ὁ υἱός μου ἐν ὑμῖν· Κύριος ἄρξει ὑμῶν.

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• Isaiah 33:22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
• 1 Samuel 12:12But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
• 1 Samuel 10:19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
• 1 Peter 5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
• Judges 10:18And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
• Judges 11:9–11But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?” And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as…
• Judges 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under…
• 1 Samuel 8:6–7But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to…
• Isaiah 63:19We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
• Luke 22:24–27A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest. So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves…

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