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Judges 9:12-14
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Judges 9:12-14
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12 “So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and be our king!’[a] 13 But the grapevine said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’[b]
14 “So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’[c]
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- Judges 9:12 tn Or “and rule over us!”
- Judges 9:13 tn Heb “Should I stop my wine, which makes happy gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?” The negative sentence in the translation reflects the force of the rhetorical question.
- Judges 9:14 tn Or “and rule over us!”
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