Judges 9:11

11 But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I stop [producing] my sweetness, and my good crop, to go 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 And the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop [producing] my oil, which by me gods and men are honored, to go sway over the trees?'

10 Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'You, come rule over us.'

11 But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I stop [producing] my sweetness, and my good crop, to go sway over the trees?'

12 And the trees said to the vine, 'You, come rule over us.'

13 But the vine said to them, 'Should I stop [producing] my wine that makes the gods and men happy, to go sway over the trees?'