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Judges 9:13

“The vine said to them, ‘Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “The vine said to them, ‘Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’

  • KJV King James Version

    And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And the vine said unto them: Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees?

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Cross-references (6)

Passages linked to Judges 9:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Numbers 15:10 and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
  • Psalms 104:15 wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
  • Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
  • Numbers 15:5 You shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
  • Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.
  • Numbers 15:7 and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should…

Jdg 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Ver. 13. Should I leave my wine?] This is the drunkard’s motto, Malle so, vitam quam vinum eripi. {a} Take away my liquor, you take away my life. Ambrose reporteth of one Theotimus (too good a name for such a wretch), that, having a disease upon his body, and told by the physician that unless he did abstain from wine he was like to lose his eyes, Vale lumen amicum, said he, If they will not away with wine, they are no eyes for me. He would rather lose his sight than his sin. So will many their souls. Woe to those drunkards of Ephraim!

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Which cheereth God and man.] God, because poured out in sacrifices of a sweet smelling odour to him: and man, by "refreshing his spirits"; {Psa 104:15 Pro 1:6} whence Plato reckoneth wine among the μαλακτικα of man’s life: and Simonides saith that it is αμυντωρ δυσφροσιναων, an expeller of sadness.

{a} Aug., De Temp. Serm., 131.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Wherewith God is well-pleased, because it was offered to…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the vine said unto them,.... By way of…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Cheareth God - Wherewith God is well pleased, because…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. Which cheereth God and man] I believe…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 9:13. Wine which cheereth God and man —…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Cheereth God and men. Wine is here represented as…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain wine, which cheereth God and man--not certainly in the…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. The vine — Palestine has ever been celebrated…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. my wine] must (Mic_6:15, Vulgate mustum), the unfermented…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) My wine.—The Hebrew word is tirôsh which sometimes…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Which cheereth God and man. The wine is said…

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