Judges 9:13

And the vine says to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is making gods and men glad, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

Literal Standard Version

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 say to the vine, Come, reign over us.

14And all the trees say to the bramble, Come, reign over us.

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Cross References

Numbers 15:7and you bring a third part of the hin of wine near for a drink-offering—a refreshing fragrance to YHWH.

Psalms 104:15And wine—it makes the heart of man glad, || To cause the face to shine from oil, || And bread—it supports the heart of man.

Ecclesiastes 10:19For mirth they are making a feast, || And wine makes life joyful, || And the silver answers with all.

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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