Judges Chapter 9 verse 12 Holy Bible
And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
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Then the trees said to the vine, You come and be king over us.
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And the trees said to the vine, 'Come you, and reign over us.'
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Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
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Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
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The trees said to the vine, Come you, and reign over us.
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`And the trees say to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Unto the vine.--We might have felt surprise that the vine was not the first choice, but the low-growing, trellised vine, which needs support for its own tendrils, might seem less suitable. Indeed, ancient nations talked of the female vine--"Or they led the vineTo wed her elm; she round about him flingsHer marriageable arms," &c.--Milton.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThen the treesהָעֵצִ֖ים (hā·‘ê·ṣîm)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 6086: Tree, trees, woodsaidוַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 559: To utter, sayto the grapevine,לַגָּ֑פֶן (lag·gā·p̄en)Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singularStrong's 1612: A vine, the grape‘Comeלְכִי־ (lə·ḵî-)Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkand reignמָלְכִ֥י (mā·lə·ḵî)Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularStrong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counselover us.’עָלֵֽינוּ׃ (‘ā·lê·nū)Preposition | first person common pluralStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstJump to PreviousReign Trees Vine
