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Judges 8

Judg. 8:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Gideon
Gid`own (Hebrew #1439)
feller (i.e. warrior); Gidon, an Israelite
KJV usage: Gideon.
Pronounce: ghid-ohn'
Origin: from 1438
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, I will not rule
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
over you, neither shall my son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
rule
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
over you: the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
f shall rule
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
over you.
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1 Sam. 8:7• 7And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. (1 Sam. 8:7)
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1 Sam. 10:19• 19but *ye* have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your troubles, and have said unto him, Nay, but a king shalt thou set over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands. (1 Sam. 10:19)
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1 Sam. 12:12• 12But when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king. (1 Sam. 12:12)
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Isa. 33:22• 22For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah, our lawgiver, Jehovah, our king: he will save us. (Isa. 33:22)
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Isa. 63:19• 19We have become like those over whom thou never barest rule, those not called by thy name. (Isa. 63:19)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Judg. 2:18• 18And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented Jehovah because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and crushed them. (Judg. 2:18)
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Judg. 10:18• 18And the people, the chief men of Gilead, said one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. (Judg. 10:18)
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Judg. 11:9‑11• 9And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye take me back to fight against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah give them up before me, shall I be your head?
 10And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words!
 11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them; and Jephthah uttered all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah. (Judg. 11:9‑11)
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Luke 22:24‑27• 24And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be the greatest.
 25And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.
 26But *ye* shall not be thus; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serves.
 27For which is greater, he that is at table or he that serves? Is not he that is at table? But *I* am in the midst of you as the one that serves. (Luke 22:24‑27)
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2 Cor. 1:24• 24Not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow-workmen of your joy: for by faith ye stand. (2 Cor. 1:24)
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1 Peter 5:3• 3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock. (1 Peter 5:3)
the Lord.
1 Sam. 8:6‑7• 6And the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.
 7And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. (1 Sam. 8:6‑7)
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1 Sam. 10:19• 19but *ye* have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your troubles, and have said unto him, Nay, but a king shalt thou set over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands. (1 Sam. 10:19)
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1 Sam. 12:12• 12But when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king. (1 Sam. 12:12)
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Isa. 33:22• 22For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah, our lawgiver, Jehovah, our king: he will save us. (Isa. 33:22)
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Isa. 63:19• 19We have become like those over whom thou never barest rule, those not called by thy name. (Isa. 63:19)
• The fact of ministry being blessed is apt to lead us to make of the servant a "minister" in the human sense, thus losing sight of God. By the grace of God, the faith of Gideon escaped this danger....The object of his ministry was that God should have the pre-eminence and lose nothing of His authority over His people. (“Gideon: Difficulties and Snares in Service: Judges 8:1-23” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah will rule over you.