Judges 8:23
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New International Version (©2011)
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."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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 Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
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 (©2012)
But Gideon told them, "I won't rule over you and my son won't rule over you. The LORD will rule you."

NET Bible (©2006)
Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will 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 2000 Bible (©2003)
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.

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.'

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!

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you,.... Not that he declined the government of them as a judge, to which he was raised of God, but as a king, for which he had no authority and call from God; the choice of a king belonging to him, and not to the people:

neither shall my son rule over you; which Abarbinel thinks he spake as a prophet, and under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; for after his death neither Jether his eldest son, nor any of the rest of his legitimate sons, ruled over them; for they were all slain by Abimelech, the son of his concubine, who was made king:

the Lord shall rule over you; as he did; their government was a theocracy, which they would have changed, but Gideon would not agree to it.

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Gideon's Ephod
22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. 24And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) …

Judges 8:22 The Israelites said to Gideon, "Rule over us--you, your son and your grandson--because you have saved us from the hand of Midian."
1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
1 Samuel 10:19 But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, 'No, appoint a king over us.' So now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans."
1 Samuel 12:12 "But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, 'No, we want a king to rule over us'--even though the LORD your God was your king.
Psalm 10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
Psalm 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King.