Judges 9:11

11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit to go and sway over the trees?

Judges 9:11 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:11

And the fig tree said unto them
Rejecting the offer made:

should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit;
for such the fruit of the fig tree is, sweet and good: so Julian ^F4 the emperor shows from various authors, Aristophanes, Herodotus, and Homer, that nothing is sweeter than figs, excepting honey, and that no kind of fruit is better, and, where they are, no good is wanting:

and go to be promoted over the trees?
the same is designed by this as the former.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Opera, par. 2. ep. 24. Sarapioni, p. 142.

Judges 9:11 In-Context

9 But the olive tree replied, Should I leave my fatness, which because of me, God and man are honoured, to go and sway over the trees?

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 to go and sway over the trees?

12 Then the trees said unto the vine, Come thou and reign over us.

13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheers God and man, to go and sway over the trees?