Judges 9:12
And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Locutaque sunt ligna ad vitem : Veni, et impera nobis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπαν τὰ ξύλα πρὸς τὴν ἄμπελον Δεῦρο σὺ βασίλευσον ἐφ᾽ ἡμῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ הָעֵצִ֖ים לַגָּ֑פֶן לְכִי אַ֖תְּ מלוכי עָלֵֽינוּ
The Fathers on this verse
St Methodius The Banquet of the Ten Virgins; or Concerning Chastity, Chapter II
Chapter II. The Allegory of the Trees Demanding a King, in the Book of Judges, Explained.
St Augustine Against Lying, Section 28
28. Hence is also that which thou hast mentioned that they speak of, that the Lord Jesus, after He was risen, walked in the way with two disciples; and upon their drawing near to the village whither they were going, He made as though He would have gone farther: where the Evangelist, saying, “But He Himself feigned that He would go further,” hath put that very word in which liars too greatly delight, that they may with impunity lie: as if every thing that is feigned is a lie, whereas in a truthful way, for the sake of signifying one thing by another, so many things use to be feigned. If then there had been no other thing that Jesus signified, in that He feigned to be going further, with reason might it be judged to be a lie: but then if it be rightly understood and referred to that which He willed to signify, it is a mystery. …