Judges 8:23
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.
Judges 8:23 in other translations
| BSB | But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.” |
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| WEB | Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. The LORD 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. |
| YLT | And Gideon saith unto them, ‘I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.' |
| DARBY | And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah will rule over you. |
| BBE | But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you. |
| Webster | And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. |
What does Judges 8:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 8:22-23
22-23. the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us ... Gideon said unto them, the Lord shall rule over you--Their unbounded admiration and gratitude prompted them, in the enthusiasm of the moment, to raise their deliverer to a throne, and to establish a royal dynasty in his house. But Gideon knew too well, and revered too piously the principles of the theocracy, to entertain the proposal for a moment…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 8:22-28
Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God. Gideon thought to keep up the remembrance of this victory by an ephod, made of the choicest of the spoils. But probably this ephod had, as usual, a teraphim annexed to it, and Gideon intended this for an oracle to be consulted. Many are led into false ways by one false step of…
Judges 8:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 8:23
- Isaiah 33:22
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
- 1 Samuel 12:12
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.
- 1 Samuel 10:19
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.
- 2 Corinthians 1:24
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
- Judges 11:9-11
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head? And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
- 1 Samuel 8:6-7
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
- 1 Peter 5:3
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
- Judges 10:18
And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
- Judges 2:18
And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
- Luke 22:24-27
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
- Isaiah 63:19
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
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- Judges 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.
- Judges 8:23
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.
- Judges 8:24
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
Judges 8:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas Gedeón respondió: No seré señor sobre vosotros, ni mi hijo os señoreará: Jehová será vuestro Señor. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Gédéon leur dit: Je ne dominerai point sur vous, et mon fils ne dominera point sur vous; l’ Éternel dominera sur vous. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Gideon sprach zu ihnen: Nicht ich will über euch herrschen, und nicht mein Sohn soll über euch herrschen; Jehova soll über euch herrschen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quibus ille ait: Non dominabor vestri, nec dominabitur in vos filius meus, sed dominabitur vobis Dominus. |