Judges 9:13

וַתֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הַגֶּפֶן הֶחֳדַלְתִּי אֶת ־ תִּירוֹשִׁי הַֽמְשַׂמֵּחַ אֱלֹהִים וַאֲנָשִׁים וְהָלַכְתִּי לָנוּעַ עַל ־ הָעֵצִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

12וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָעֵצִים לַגָּפֶן לְכִי ־ אַתְּ מלוכי עָלֵֽינוּ ׃

14וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָל ־ הָעֵצִים אֶל ־ הָאָטָד לֵךְ אַתָּה מְלָךְ ־ עָלֵֽינוּ ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 15:7וְיַיִן לַנֶּסֶךְ שְׁלִשִׁית הַהִין תַּקְרִיב רֵֽיחַ ־ נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָֽה ׃

Psalms 104:15וְיַיִן ׀ יְשַׂמַּח לְֽבַב ־ אֱנוֹשׁ לְהַצְהִיל פָּנִים מִשָּׁמֶן וְלֶחֶם לְֽבַב ־ אֱנוֹשׁ יִסְעָֽד ׃

Ecclesiastes 10:19לִשְׂחוֹק עֹשִׂים לֶחֶם וְיַיִן יְשַׂמַּח חַיִּים וְהַכֶּסֶף יַעֲנֶה אֶת ־ הַכֹּֽל ׃

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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