Judges 9:11

11 But the fig tree answered, "In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my good sweet fruit.'

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 The olive tree answered, "In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and human beings.'

10 Then the trees said to the fig tree, "You come and be our king.'

11 But the fig tree answered, "In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my good sweet fruit.'

12 So the trees then said to the grapevine, "You come and be our king.'

13 But the vine answered, "In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my wine, that makes gods and human beings happy.'