Judges 9:13

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

In Context

12Then the trees said to the vine, You come and be king over us.

14Then all the trees said to the thorn, You come and be king over us.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:7And for the drink offering give a third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Psalms 104:15And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

Ecclesiastes 10:19A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

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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