Judges 9:10

10 “Next, the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and be our king.’

Judges 9:10 in Other Translations

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and reign over us.'

10 “Then they said to the fig tree, ‘You be our king!’

10 The trees then said to Fig Tree, "You come and rule over us."

10 Then the trees said to the fig tree, "Come and reign over us."

Judges 9:10 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 9:10

And the trees said to the fig tree
Another useful and fruit bearing tree, and to which also good men are sometimes compared, see ( Song of Solomon 2:13 ) ,

come thou, and reign over us:
which Jarchi applies to Deborah, but may be better applied to one of Gideon's sons, who, though they had not a personal offer of kingly government themselves, yet it was made to them through their father, and refused, as for himself, so for them; and had it been offered to them, they would have rejected it, as Jotham seems to intimate by this parable.

Judges 9:10 In-Context

8 One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king.’

9 “But the olive tree answered, ‘Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and humans are honored, to hold sway over the trees?’

10 “Next, the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and be our king.’

11 “But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?’

12 “Then the trees said to the vine, ‘Come and be our king.’