Scripture · Old Testament
Judges 9:12
Judges 9:12 is verse 12 of Judges chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
King James Version
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
World English Bible
“The trees said to the vine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
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Judges 9:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
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.’
13 But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
14 Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
Read all of Judges 9Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּand they saidהָעֵצִ֖יםthe treesלַגָּ֑פֶןto the vineלְכִיcomeאַ֖תְּyouמָלְכִ֥יreignעָלֵֽינוּover us
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