Bible verse
Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
Judges 9:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Judges 9.
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.’
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.’
15 But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
16 Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
KJV
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
ASV
And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
ERV
And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
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