14"Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, 'Come and be our king.'
14"Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, 'Come and be our king.'
11 "But the fig tree replied, 'Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?'
12 "Then the trees said to the vine, 'Come and be our king.'
13 "But the vine answered, 'Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and men, to hold sway over the trees?'
14 "Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, 'Come and be our king.'
15 "The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'
16 "Now if you have acted honorably and in good faith when you made Abimelech king, and if you have been fair to Jerub- Baal and his family, and if you have treated him as he deserves-
9:14Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
9:14And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.
9:14Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:14Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come you, and reign over us.'
9:14Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:14Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:14|Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come and reign over us.'
9:14And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us.
9:14Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come you, and reign over us.