Jotham’s Parable
Judges 9:14
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- KJV
- Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.bramble: or, thistle
- WEB
- “Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- ASV
- Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
- LSV
- And all the trees say to the bramble, Come, reign over us.
- YLT
- And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us.
- DBY
- Then said all the trees to the thorn-bush, Come thou, reign over us.
- DRC
- And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.
- GNV
- Then said all the trees vnto the bramble, Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.
- JPS
- Then said all the trees unto the bramble: Come thou, and reign over us.
- LXXE
- Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come thou and reign over us.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ כָל־הָעֵצִ֖ים אֶל־הָאָטָ֑ד לֵ֥ךְ אַתָּ֖ה מְלָךְ־עָלֵֽינוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπαν πάντα τὰ ξύλα τῇ ῥάμνῳ, δεῦρο σὺ, βασίλευσον ἐφʼ ἡμῶν.
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◆ Usurpation by Abimelech
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- 2 Kings 14:9But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and…
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