“But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’
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“But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’
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But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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But the fig-tree said unto them: Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruitage, and go to hold sway over the trees?
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Passages linked to Judges 9:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 13:6-7 He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:11 But the fig tree said unto them,…
Jdg 9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Ver. 11. Should I forsake, &c.] See Jdg 9:9.
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And my good fruit.] Dioscorides scribit ficum utile alimentum praebere: Figs are good for meat and medicine.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain My sweetness; for which that fruit is particularly commended.
My sweetness; for which that fruit is particularly commended.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the fig tree said unto them,.... Rejecting the…
And the fig tree said unto them,.... Rejecting the offer made:
should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit; for such the fruit of the fig tree is, sweet and good: so Julian (d) the emperor shows from various authors, Aristophanes, Herodotus, and Homer, that nothing is sweeter than figs, excepting honey, and that no kind of fruit is better, and, where they are, no good is wanting:
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and go to be promoted over the trees? the same is designed by this as the former.
(d) Opera, par. 2. ep. 24. Sarapioni, p. 142.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. But the fig tree said - Should…
Verse 11. But the fig tree said - Should I forsake my sweetness] The fruit of the fig tree is the sweetest or most luscious of all fruits. A full-ripe fig, in its own climate, has an indescribable sweetness; so much so that it is almost impossible to eat it, till a considerable time after it is gathered from the trees, and has gone through an artificial preparation. This I have often noticed.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 9:11. The fig-tree said, &c. — Gideon refused…
Jdg 9:11. The fig-tree said, &c. — Gideon refused this honour, both for himself, and for his sons; and the sons of Gideon, whom Abimelech had slain, upon pretence of their affecting the kingdom, were as far from such thoughts as their father.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Sweetness. The fig is the sweetest of fruits, and…
Sweetness. The fig is the sweetest of fruits, and is regarded as the symbol of sweetness. (Aristop.[Aristophanes?]; Bonfrere)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. The fig tree — Another of the excellent…
11. The fig tree — Another of the excellent and highly valued trees of Palestine, the sweetness of whose good fruit is proverbial.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. my sweetness] The early ripe fig, especially, was…
11. my sweetness] The early ripe fig, especially, was and is esteemed for its flavour; see Isa_28:4, Jer_24:2, Hos_9:10, Mic_7:1.
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