The Meaning of Judges 9:10 Explained

Judges 9:10

KJV: And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

YLT: And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.

Darby: And the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come you, and reign over us.'

ASV: And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the trees  said  to the fig tree,  Come  thou, [and] reign  over us. 

What does Judges 9:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 9:7-21 - The Bramble King
Men must have leadership. The reason lies deep in human nature. The French Revolutionaries destroyed the royal family, but Robespierre, Danton and Marat were practically enthroned in the position from which Louis was hurled. In Oliver Cromwell's commonwealth, he exercised the royal prerogative. Some of us enthrone the fatness of the olive, some the sweetness of the fig, and some the good cheer of the vine. In other words, the guiding ideal of some souls is Prosperity, of others Love, of others Pleasure. And yet others choose the bramble-with its prickly thorns-which, when scorched by the summer-heat, is near unto burning, Hebrews 6:8. It stands, therefore, for the useless and perilous life, which is doomed to the scrap-heap. See 1 Corinthians 9:27.
In the meanwhile Jesus waits to become the crowned King of each soul. He adventured his life and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, to whom we had sold ourselves. Do we deal truly and uprightly with Him, in allowing other lords to rule over us while we crown Him with thorns? See Judges 9:17; Judges 19:1-30. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 9

1  Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king
7  Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin
22  Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him
30  Zebul reveals it
34  Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt
46  He burns the hold of the god Berith
50  At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone
56  Jotham's curse is fulfilled

What do the individual words in Judges 9:10 mean?

and said the trees to the fig tree come You [and] reign over us
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ הָעֵצִ֖ים לַתְּאֵנָ֑ה לְכִי־ אַ֖תְּ מָלְכִ֥י עָלֵֽינוּ

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הָעֵצִ֖ים  the  trees 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
לַתְּאֵנָ֑ה  to  the  fig  tree 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּאֵנָה  
Sense: fig, fig tree.
לְכִי־  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, feminine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
מָלְכִ֥י  [and]  reign 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, feminine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
עָלֵֽינוּ  over  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.

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