KJVAnd the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?
But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
And the vine saith to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheersGod and man, and go to wave over the trees?
Judges — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J U D G E S CHAP. IX. The apostasy of Israel after the death of Gideon is punished, not as the former apostasies by a foreign invasion, or the oppressions of any neighbouring power, but by intestine broils among themselves, which in this chapter we have the story of;…