Judges 9:8
The trees set out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’Judges 9:8 · WEB
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- ગુજરાતી — ન્યાયાધીશો ૯:૮
- એકવાર અંજીરના વૃક્ષો એક રાજાને અભિષેક વડે તેઓના પોતાના પર નીમવાને ગયાં. અને તેઓએ જૈતૂનવૃક્ષને કહ્યું, ‘અમારા પર રાજ કર.’”
- हिन्दी — न्यायियों ९:८
- किसी युग में वृक्ष किसी का अभिषेक करके अपने ऊपर राजा ठहराने को चले; तब उन्होंने जैतून के वृक्ष से कहा, ‘तू हम पर राज्य कर।’
In context
6All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together with all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
7When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and lifted up his voice, cried out, and said to them, “Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
8The trees set out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
9“But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I stop producing my oil, with which they honor God and man by me, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’
10“The trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
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