Judges 8:23
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New International Version (©1984)
But Gideon told them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will rule over you."

New Living Translation (©2007)
But Gideon replied, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD will rule over you!

English Standard Version (©2001)
Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Gideon replied, "I will not rule you nor will my son. The LORD will rule you."

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

American King James Version
And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

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

Bible in Basic English
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Darby Bible Translation
Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you."

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

World English Bible
Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you."

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

Geneva Study Bible

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

Wesley's Notes

8:23 I will not rule - As a king. The Lord shall rule - In a special manner, as he hath hitherto done, by judges, whom God particularly appointed and directed, even by Urim and Thummim, and assisted upon all occasions; whereas Kings had only a general dependance upon God.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 a good man. It became a snare to Gideon himself, and it proved the ruin of the family. How soon will ornaments which feed the lust of the eye, and form the pride of life, as well as tend to the indulgences of the flesh, bring shame on those who are fond of them!


1 Samuel 8:7 The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.
1 Samuel 10:19 "But you have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, 'No, but set a king over us!' Now therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans."
1 Samuel 12:12 "When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' although the LORD your God was your king.
Psalm 10:16 The LORD is King forever and ever; Nations have perished from His land. (NASB ©1995)

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

I will Jud 2:18 10:18 11:9-11 Lu 22:24-27 2Co 1:24 1Pe 5:3

the Lord 1Sa 8:6,7 10:19 12:12 Isa 33:22 63:19

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