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.”

基甸说：“我不管理你们，我的儿子也不管理你们，惟有耶和华管理你们。”

基甸对他们说：“我不治理你们，我的儿子也不治理你们，耶和华会治理你们。”

基甸对他们说：“我不治理你们，我的儿子也不治理你们，耶和华会治理你们。”

基甸回答说：“我和我子孙都不统治你们，统治你们的是耶和华。

基甸回答他们：“我不统治你们，我的子孙也不统治你们，唯有耶和华统治你们。”

基甸說：「我不管理你們，我的兒子也不管理你們，惟有耶和華管理你們。」

基甸對他們說：「我不治理你們，我的兒子也不治理你們，耶和華會治理你們。」

基甸對他們說：「我不治理你們，我的兒子也不治理你們，耶和華會治理你們。」

基甸回答說：「我和我子孫都不統治你們，統治你們的是耶和華。

基甸回答他們：“我不統治你們，我的子孫也不統治你們，唯有耶和華統治你們。”

基甸對他們說：『我不管理你們，我兒子也不管理你們，只有永恆主管理你們。』

基甸曰、我不治爾、我子亦不治爾、治爾者乃耶和華也、

其田曰、我不治爾、子孫亦不治爾、治爾者乃耶和華也。

基甸對曰、我不治爾、我子亦不治爾、治爾者惟主、

But Gideon told them,“ I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.”

But Gideon told them,“ I will not rule over you. My son won’t rule over you either. The Lord will rule over you.”

Gideon said to them,“ I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”

But Gideon replied,“ I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The Lord will rule over you!

But Gideon said to them,“ I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you.”

But Gideon said to them,“ I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you.”

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

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.”

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

Gideon said to them,“ I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will rule over you.”

Gideon said to them,“ I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.”

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to him,‘ You must set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me,‘ No, we must have a king reign over us’— even though the LORD your God is your king.

For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our Lawgiver, the LORD is our King. He will save us.

Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.But he said to them,“ The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them have themselves called‘ Benefactors.’It is not to be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you should become like the youngest, and whoever leads, like the one serving.For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

I do not mean that we lord it over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in your faith.

We have become like those you never ruled, like those who did not bear your name.

The rulers of Gilead said to one another,“ Which man will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He will be the leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

When they said,“ Give us a king to judge us,” Samuel considered their demand wrong, so he prayed to the LORD.But the LORD told him,“ Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected me as their king.

So Jephthah said to them,“ If you are bringing me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, I will be your leader.”The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah,“ The LORD is our witness if we don’t do as you say.”So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander, and Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, the LORD was with him and saved the people from the power of their enemies while the judge was still alive. The LORD was moved to pity whenever they groaned because of those who were oppressing and afflicting them.