Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; Yahweh will rule over you."
New American Standard Bible
But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you;
King James 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.
Holman Bible
But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”
International Standard Version
But Gideon told them, "I won't rule over you and my son won't rule over you. The LORD will rule you."
A Conservative Version
And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. 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.
Amplified
But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord 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.
Darby 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."
Julia Smith Translation
And Gideon will say to them, I will not rule over you, and my son shall not rule over you: Jehovah shall rule over you.
King James 2000
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
Modern King James verseion
And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Jehovah shall rule over you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Gideon said unto them, "I will not reign over you, neither shall my children reign over you, but the LORD shall reign over you."
NET Bible
Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you."
New Heart English Bible
Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you."
The Emphasized Bible
And Gideon said unto them, I, will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you, - Yahweh, shall rule 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.
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."
Youngs 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.'
Themes
gideon » Called the mighty man of valour, characteristics of, » Loyalty to God
gideon » Israel desires to make him king; he refuses
Government » Of God » Over israel
The ishmaelites » Overcome by » gideon
Israel » Separation of » Theocracy of
Israel » Under the judges » Bondage » 7 years » Delivered » gideon
Jerubbaal » Called the mighty man of valour, characteristics of, » Loyalty to God
extraordinary Judges » The office of, not always for life, or hereditary
Interlinear
Mashal
Verse Info
Context Readings
Gideon Pursues Zebah And Zalmunna
22 The men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you and your sons, and your sons' son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 But Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; Yahweh will rule over you." 24 And Gideon said to them, "{Let me make a request of you}, that each of you give to me an ornamental ring from his plunder." (They [had] ornamental rings of gold, because they [were] Ishmaelites.)
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:19
But you today have rejected your God who always delivers you from all of your calamities and your distresses. You have said to him, 'No, but you must appoint a king over us!' So then present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes and by your clans."
1 Samuel 12:12
"And when you saw that Nahash, the king of [the] {Ammonites}, was coming against you, you said to me, 'No! A king shall reign over us,' although Yahweh your God [is] your king.
Judges 2:18
And when Yahweh raised leaders for them, Yahweh was with the leader, and he delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the leader, for Yahweh was moved by their groaning because of their persecutors and oppressors.
Judges 10:18
The people, the ones commanding Gilead, {said to each other}, "Who [is] the man that will begin to fight against the {Ammonites}? He will be as head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
Judges 11:9-11
So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me back {to fight} against the {Ammonites}, and Yahweh gives them {over to me}, will I be your head?"
1 Samuel 8:6-7
But the matter {was displeasing to Samuel} when they said, "Give us a king to judge us," so Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
Isaiah 33:22
For Yahweh [is] our judge; Yahweh [is] our lawgiver. Yahweh [is] our king; he [is the one who] will save us.
Isaiah 63:19
We have been since antiquity; you did not rule them; {they were not called by your name}.
Luke 22:24-27
And a dispute also occurred among them as to which of them was recognized as being greatest.
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
1 Peter 5:3
and not as lording it over {those under your care}, but being examples for the flock.