Judges 9:11

11 But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to 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 But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness, by which gods and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?'

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come you, and reign over us.'

11 But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?'

12 And the trees said to the vine, 'Come you, and reign over us.'

13 But the vine said to them, 'Shall I leave my wine which cheers gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?'