◄ Judges 9:13 ►
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Good News Translation
But the vine answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my wine, that makes gods and human beings happy.'

New Revised Standard Version
But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I stop producing my wine that cheers gods and mortals, and go to sway over the trees?’

Contemporary English Version
But the grape vine replied, "My wine brings cheer to people and gods. I won't stop making wine, just so my branches can wave above the other trees."

New American Bible
But the vine answered them, ‘Must I give up my wine that cheers gods and human beings, and go off to hold sway over the trees?’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?

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Numbers 15:5,7,10 And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim. For every lamb, . . .

Psalm 104:15 And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:

Ecclesiastes 10:19 For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

Context
Jotham's Parable
…12And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us. 13And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?14And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.…
Cross References
Judges 9:12
And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.

Judges 9:14
And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.

Psalm 104:15
And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

Ecclesiastes 2:3
I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.

Ecclesiastes 10:19
For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

Judges 9:12
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