Judges 9:12

Then the trees said to the vine, You come and be king over us.

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In The King James Version

Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

In Context

11But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over the trees?

13But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?

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Matthew Henry on Judges 9:8-22

Jotham's Parable. ( b. c. 1209.) 7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said… Read the whole commentary →

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