Judges 9:10
8 One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
9 But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
11 But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
12 Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- KJV
- And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
- WEB
- “The trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- ASV
- And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
- DARBY
- And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, reign over us.
- BLB
- And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come you, reign over us.’
- ÅB
- Da sa trærne til fikentreet: Kom du og vær konge over oss!
- OTB
- Så henvendte trærne seg til fikentreet: 'Du, kom og hersk over oss!'
- B1930
- Da sa trærne til fikentreet: Kom du og vær konge over oss!