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Judges 9:14
Judges 9:14 is verse 14 of Judges chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
King James Version
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
World English Bible
“Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’
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Judges 9:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
13 But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
14 Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
15 But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
16 Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Kings 14:9But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.