Judges 9:14
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Then said all the trees vnto the ‖Bramble, Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, thistle.
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9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
9And Iehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Iudah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon, sent to the Cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife. And there passed by a wilde beast that was in Lebanon, and trode downe the thistle.
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Judges 9:14
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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A prickly shrub or bush.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: To exercise kingly rule, dominion, governing power, or controlling power. Sense 2: Royal rule or dominion, or the period during which a ruler governs.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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13And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
13And the Uine said vnto them, Should I leaue my wine, which cheareth God and man, and goe to bee promoted ouer the trees?
14Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
14Then said all the trees vnto the ‖Bramble, Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.
Selected passage15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
15And the Bramble said vnto the trees, If in trueth ye anoint me King ouer you, then come, and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the Bramble, and deuoure the Cedars of Lebanon.