Judges 9:12
10 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?’
Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
13 But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
14 Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘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 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.’
- 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!