Judges 9:13

And the vine said to them, Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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, reign over us.

14Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come thou and reign over us.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 104:15Saying, Touch not my anointed ones; 1 And do my prophets no harm. 1

Ecclesiastes 10:19Men prepare bread for laughter, 1 And wine and oil that the living should rejoice: 1 But to money all things will humbly yield obedience. 1

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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