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Judges 9:13-15
New English Translation
Judges 9:13-15
New English Translation
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!’[a]
14 “So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’[b] 15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose[c] me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches.[d] Otherwise[e] may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’
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- 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!”
- Judges 9:15 tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”
- Judges 9:15 tn Heb “in my shade.”
- Judges 9:15 tn Heb “If not.”
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