Catholic Public Domain Version
"And it responded to them, ‘How could I abandon my wine, which gives joy to God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?’ "
— Judges 9:13, Catholic Public Domain 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?”
“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? ”
“"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?'”
“But the grapevine said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’”
“And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?”
“But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?”
“And 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 trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and accept royal power over us.’
And it responded to them, ‘How could I abandon my sweetness, and my very sweet fruits, and depart to be promoted among the other trees?’
And the trees said to the vine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
And it responded to them, ‘How could I abandon my wine, which gives joy to God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?’
And all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’
And it responded to them: ‘If truly you would appoint me as king, come and rest under my shadow. But if you are not willing, let fire go forth from the bramble, and let it devour the cedars of Lebanon.’ ”
So now, if you are upright and without sin in appointing Abimelech as a king over you, and if you have acted well with Jerubbaal, and with his house, and if you have repaid, in turn, the benefits of him who fought on your behalf,