Judges 9:12
10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Da sa trærne til vintreet: Kom du og vær konge over oss!
- OTB
- Trærne talte da til vintreet og sa: 'Du, kom og hersk over oss!'
- B1930
- Da sa trærne til vintreet: Kom du og vær konge over oss!
- BSB
- Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- KJV
- Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
- WEB
- “The trees said to the vine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- ASV
- And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
- DARBY
- Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.
- BLB
- And the trees said to the vine, ‘Come you, reign over us.’