The Meaning of Judges 9:14 Explained

Judges 9:14

KJV: Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

YLT: And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us.

Darby: Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come you, and reign over us.'

ASV: Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then said  all the trees  unto the bramble,  Come  thou, [and] reign  over us. 

What does Judges 9:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 9:7-21 - The Bramble King
Men must have leadership. The reason lies deep in human nature. The French Revolutionaries destroyed the royal family, but Robespierre, Danton and Marat were practically enthroned in the position from which Louis was hurled. In Oliver Cromwell's commonwealth, he exercised the royal prerogative. Some of us enthrone the fatness of the olive, some the sweetness of the fig, and some the good cheer of the vine. In other words, the guiding ideal of some souls is Prosperity, of others Love, of others Pleasure. And yet others choose the bramble-with its prickly thorns-which, when scorched by the summer-heat, is near unto burning, Hebrews 6:8. It stands, therefore, for the useless and perilous life, which is doomed to the scrap-heap. See 1 Corinthians 9:27.
In the meanwhile Jesus waits to become the crowned King of each soul. He adventured his life and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, to whom we had sold ourselves. Do we deal truly and uprightly with Him, in allowing other lords to rule over us while we crown Him with thorns? See Judges 9:17; Judges 19:1-30. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 9

1  Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king
7  Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin
22  Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him
30  Zebul reveals it
34  Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt
46  He burns the hold of the god Berith
50  At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone
56  Jotham's curse is fulfilled

What do the individual words in Judges 9:14 mean?

and said all the trees to the bramble come You [and] reign over us
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ כָל־ הָעֵצִ֖ים אֶל־ הָאָטָ֑ד לֵ֥ךְ אַתָּ֖ה מְלָךְ־ עָלֵֽינוּ

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הָעֵצִ֖ים  the  trees 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
הָאָטָ֑ד  the  bramble 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָטָד 
Sense: bramble, thorn, buckthorn.
לֵ֥ךְ  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
מְלָךְ־  [and]  reign 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
עָלֵֽינוּ  over  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.

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