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Judges 9:12
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Later, the trees said to the grapevine,“Come and reign over us.”
The trees said to the vine, Come, and reign over us.
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
And the trees said to the vine, ‘You, come rule over us.'
And the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us.'
"Then the trees said to the vine, ‘Come and be king over us!'
"So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and be our king!'
"Then the trees said to the vine, 'You come and reign over us.'
"Then the trees said to the vine, 'You, come, reign over us!'
Then sayd the trees vnto the Vine, Come thou, and be king ouer vs.
These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You, come and rule over us!'
Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.
"Then the trees said to the vine, ‘Come and be our king.'
Then the trees said to the vine, Come you, and reign over us.
So the trees then said to the grapevine, ‘You come and be our king.'
And the trees said to the vine, You come, reign over us.
Then sayde the trees vnto the vyne: Come thou and be oure kinge.
And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
Then the trees said to the vine, You come and be king over us.
Then sayde the trees vnto the vine: Come thou and be kyng ouer vs.
And the trees said unto the vine: Come thou, and reign over us.
Then saide the trees vnto the Uine, Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.
And the trees said to the vine, Come, reign over us.
And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
Then the trees said to the grapevine, 'Come and reign over us.'
Also `the trees spaken to the vyne, Come thou, and comaunde to vs.
`And the trees say to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.
And the trees said to the vine, You come, and reign over us.
Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
The trees said to the vine, Come you, and reign over us.
"Then the trees said to the vine, "You come and reign over us!'
"Then they said to the grapevine, ‘You be our king!'
So the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and rule over us!'
Then the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us.'
Then said the trees unto the vine, - Come! thou, reign over us.
And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.
And the trees said to the vine, 'Come you, and reign over us.'
The trees then said to Vine, "You come and rule over us." But Vine said to them, "Am I no longer good for making wine, Wine that cheers gods and men, and to be demoted to waving over trees?"
"Then the trees said to the vine, 'You come, reign over us!'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Cross-References
The rainbow will be the sign of that solemn promise.
Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.
he said, "I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers.
I ask the Lord my God to bless Shem and make Canaan his slave.
Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood
The blood on the houses will show me where you live, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. Then you won't be bothered by the terrible disasters I will bring on Egypt.
This ceremony will serve the same purpose as a sign on your hand or on your forehead to tell how the Lord 's mighty power rescued us from Egypt.
Please promise me in the Lord 's name that you will be as kind to my family as I have been to you. Do something to show
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then said the trees unto the vine,.... Another emblem of good and useful men; and it may be observed, that Jotham takes no notice of any trees but fruitful ones till he comes to the bramble, and them only such as were well known, and of the greatest use, in the land of Judea, as olives, figs, and vines, see Deuteronomy 8:8
come thou, and reign over us; this Jarchi applies to Gideon; but since there are three sorts of trees brought into the fable, and when the kingdom was offered to Gideon, it was proposed to him, and to his son, and his son's son, and refused, some reference may be had unto it in this apologue. Abarbinel thinks three sorts of men are intended as proper persons for rule and government, as honourable ones, such as are wealthy and rich, and also of good behaviour to God and man, as Gideon's sons were; but Abimelech was all the reverse.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This fable and that noted in the marginal reference are the only two of the kind found in Scripture. Somewhat different are the parables of the Old Testament, 2 Samuel 12:1-4; 2 Samuel 14:5-11; 1 Kings 20:39-40.
Judges 9:9
Honour God and man - Alluding to the constant use of oil in the meat-offerings Leviticus 2:1-16, and in the holy ointment Exodus 30:24-25. In like manner, the allusion in Judges 9:13 is to the drink-offerings of wine. See Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 15:10.
Judges 9:14
The bramble - Said to be the Rhamnus Paliurus of Linnaeus, otherwise called Spina-Christi, or Christâs Thorn, a shrub with sharp thorns. The application is obvious. The noble Gideon and his worthy sons had declined the proffered kingdom. The vile, base-born Abimelech had accepted it, and his act would turn out to the mutual ruin of himself and his subjects.
Judges 9:15
If in truth - i. e. consistently with truth, honor, and uprightness, as explained in the interpretation in Judges 9:16, Judges 9:19.
Let fire come out ... - The propriety of the image is strictly preserved, for even the thorns of the worthless bramble might kindle a flame which would burn the stately cedars to the ground. See Psalms 58:9.
Judges 9:16-20
These verses contain the interpretation of the fable. In them Jotham points out the base ingratitude of the people in raising Abimelech upon the ruin of Gideonâs house, and foretells the retribution which would fall upon both parties.
