Scripture · Old Testament
Judges 9:10
Judges 9:10 is verse 10 of Judges chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
King James Version
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
World English Bible
“The trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
Read in context
Judges 9:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible
8 One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
9 But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
10 Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
11 But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
12 Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
Read all of Judges 9Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּand they saidהָעֵצִ֖יםthe treesלַתְּאֵנָ֑הto the fig treeלְכִיcomeאַ֖תְּyouמָלְכִ֥יreignעָלֵֽינוּover us
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