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Judges 9:13
And the vine said to them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges 9:13 · Webster Bible
Judges 9:13 in other translations
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
“The vine said to them, ‘Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’
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In context
10 And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
11 But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
12 Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
13 And the vine said to 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 to the bramble, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
15 And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands:
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