Shìshījì 9:11

11 Wúhuāguǒ shù huídá shuō , wǒ qǐ kĕn zhǐ zhù suǒ jié tián mĕi de guǒzi , piāo yáo zaì zhòng shù zhī shàng ne .

Shìshījì 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.

Shìshījì 9:11 In-Context

9 Gǎnlǎn shù huídá shuō , wǒ qǐ kĕn zhǐ zhù gōng fèng shén hé zūnzhòng rén de yóu , piāo yáo zaì zhòng shù zhī shàng ne .

10 Shùmù duì wúhuāguǒ shù shuō , qǐng nǐ lái zuò wǒmen de wáng .

11 Wúhuāguǒ shù huídá shuō , wǒ qǐ kĕn zhǐ zhù suǒ jié tián mĕi de guǒzi , piāo yáo zaì zhòng shù zhī shàng ne .

12 Shùmù duì pútàoshù shuō , qǐng nǐ lái zuò wǒmen de wáng .

13 Pútàoshù huídá shuō , wǒ qǐ kĕn zhǐ zhù shǐ shén hé rén xǐlè de xīn jiǔ , piāo yáo zaì zhòng shù zhī shàng ne .