Giudici 9:10

10 Allora gli alberi dissero al fico: Vieni tu a regnare su 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 Un giorno, gli alberi si misero in cammino per ungere un re che regnasse su loro; e dissero all’ulivo: Regna tu su noi.

9 Ma l’ulivo rispose loro: Rinunzierei io al mio olio che Dio e gli uomini onorano in me, per andare ad agitarmi al disopra degli alberi?

10 Allora gli alberi dissero al fico: Vieni tu a regnare su noi.

11 Ma il fico rispose loro: Rinunzierei io alla mia dolcezza e al mio frutto squisito per andare ad agitarmi al disopra degli alberi?

12 Poi gli alberi dissero alla vite: Vieni tu a regnare su noi.