Judges 9:13

And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

12And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.

14And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:7And he shall offer the third part of the same measure of wine for the libation, for a sweet savour to the Lord.

Psalms 104:15and that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

Ecclesiastes 10:19For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

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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