Verse 23

Judges 8:23

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23 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.

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hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ גִּדְע֔וֹן לֹֽא אֶמְשֹׁ֤ל אֲנִי֙ בָּ/כֶ֔ם וְ/לֹֽא יִמְשֹׁ֥ל בְּנִ֖/י בָּ/כֶ֑ם יְהוָ֖ה יִמְשֹׁ֥ל בָּ/כֶֽם

English Translation

And Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you; the LORD will rule over you."

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Chapter 8 Context

1 And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war agains... Focus ↗

2 And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up afte... Focus ↗

3 God (Elohim) has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to... Focus ↗

4 Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in n... Focus ↗

5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with wearine... Focus ↗

6 But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we ar... Focus ↗

7 Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will... Focus ↗

8 So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him... Focus ↗

9 So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down. Focus ↗

10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those... Focus ↗

11 And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah,... Focus ↗

12 And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zeb... Focus ↗

13 Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight: Focus ↗

14 And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his question... Focus ↗

15 So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made... Focus ↗

16 Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems... Focus ↗

17 And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death. Focus ↗

18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave... Focus ↗

19 And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them... Focus ↗

20 Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his swor... Focus ↗

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gid... Focus ↗

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him;... Focus ↗

23 But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it...

24 Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he ha... Focus ↗

25 And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it... Focus ↗

26 The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of g... Focus ↗

27 And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it th... Focus ↗

28 So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength.... Focus ↗

29 And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there. Focus ↗

30 Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives. Focus ↗

31 And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech. Focus ↗

32 And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the rest... Focus ↗

33 And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were f... Focus ↗

34 And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God (Elohim), who had been the... Focus ↗

35 And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had... Focus ↗

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Book: Judges
Chapter: Chapter 8 (35 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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