Giudici 9:10

10 Poi gli alberi dissero al fico: Vieni tu, regna sopra noi.

Giudici 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.

Giudici 9:10 In-Context

8 Gli alberi andarono già per ungere un re che regnasse sopra loro; e dissero all’ulivo: Regna sopra noi.

9 Ma l’ulivo disse loro: Resterei io di produrre il mio olio, il quale Iddio e gli uomini onorano in me, per andar vagando per gli altri alberi?

10 Poi gli alberi dissero al fico: Vieni tu, regna sopra noi.

11 Ma il fico disse loro: Resterei io di produrre la mia dolcezza, e il mio buon frutto, per andar vagando per gli altri alberi?

12 E gli alberi dissero alla vite: Vieni tu, regna sopra noi.