Judges 9:9
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And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?

Judges 9:8
The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.

Judges 9:10
And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.

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And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?

wherewith

Exodus 29:2,7 And unleavened bread, and a cake without leaven, tempered with oil, wafers also unleavened, anointed with oil: thou shalt make them all of wheaten flour. . . .

Exodus 35:14 The candlestick to bear up the lights, the vessels thereof and the lamps, and the oil for the nourishing of fires:

Leviticus 2:1 When any one shall offer an oblation of sacrifice to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour: and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense,

1 Kings 19:15,16 And the Lord said to him: Go, and return on thy way, through the desert, to Damascus: and when thou art come thither, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria; . . .

Psalm 89:20 I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.

Psalm 104:15 And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

Acts 4:27 For of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

1 John 2:20 But you have the unction from the Holy One and know all things.

God.

Job 1:7 And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

Job 2:2 That the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou? And he answered, and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

Context
Jotham's Parable
8The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us. 9And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?10And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.…
Lexicon
But the olive tree
הַזַּ֔יִת (haz·za·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry

replied,
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Should I stop giving
הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ (he·ḥo·ḏal·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

my oil
דִּשְׁנִ֔י (diš·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1880: The fat, fatness, abundance, the, ashes of sacrifices

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

honors
יְכַבְּד֥וּ (yə·ḵab·bə·ḏū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

both God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and man,
וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (wa·’ă·nā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

to hold
וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י (wə·hā·laḵ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

sway
לָנ֖וּעַ (lā·nū·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the trees?’
הָעֵצִֽים׃ (hā·‘ê·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood


Additional Translations
But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

But the olives said to them, Shall I leave my fatness, with which men shall glorify God, and go to be promoted over the trees?

And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave over the trees?

But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

"But the olive tree said to them, 'Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'

And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
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