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Judges 9:13

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9:13But 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!’26

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  1. 26 Heb “Should I stop my wine, which makes happy gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?” The negative sentence in the translation reflects the force of the rhetorical question.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But the vine answered, ‘Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and humans, to hold sway over the trees?’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the grapevine said to them,

“Should I stop giving my wine

that cheers both God and man,

and rule over trees?”

NLTNew Living Translation

But the grapevine also refused, saying,

‘Should I quit producing the wine

that cheers both God and people,

just to wave back and forth over the trees?’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But the vine said to them,

‘Should I stop producing my wine

that makes the gods and men happy,

to go sway over the trees?’

KJV 1900King James 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?