Judges 9:9-11

Christian Standard Bible

⁹But the olive tree said to them,
“Should I stop giving my oil
that people use to honor both God and men,
and rule^[a] over the trees?”

¹⁰Then the trees said to the fig tree,
“Come and reign over us.”
¹¹But the fig tree said to them,
“Should I stop giving
my sweetness and my good fruit,
and rule over trees?”

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Footnotes

9:9 Lit and go to sway, also in vv. 11,13

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