Juízes 9:10

10 “Então as árvores disseram à figueira: ‘Venha ser o nosso rei!’

Juízes 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.

Juízes 9:10 In-Context

8 Certo dia as árvores saíram para ungir um rei para si. Disseram à oliveira: ‘Seja o nosso rei!’

9 “A oliveira, porém, respondeu: ‘Deveria eu renunciar ao meu azeite, com o qual se presta honra aos deuses e aos homens, para dominar sobre as árvores?’

10 “Então as árvores disseram à figueira: ‘Venha ser o nosso rei!’

11 “A figueira, porém, respondeu: ‘Deveria eu renunciar ao meu fruto saboroso e doce, para dominar sobre as árvores?’

12 “Depois as árvores disseram à videira: ‘Venha ser o nosso rei!’