Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 9:11
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
11. my sweetness ] The early ripe fig, especially, was and is esteemed for its flavour; see Isa 28:4, Jer 24:2, Hos 9:10, Mic 7:1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 11. But the fig tree said – Should I forsake my sweetness] The fruit of the fig tree is the sweetest or most luscious of all fruits. A full-ripe fig, in its own climate, has an indescribable sweetness; so much so that it is almost impossible to eat it, till a considerable time after it is gathered from the trees, and has gone through an artificial preparation. This I have often noticed.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
My sweetness; for which that fruit is particularly commended.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the fig tree said unto them,…. Rejecting the offer made:
should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit; for such the fruit of the fig tree is, sweet and good: so Julian d the emperor shows from various authors, Aristophanes, Herodotus, and Homer, that nothing is sweeter than figs, excepting honey, and that no kind of fruit is better, and, where they are, no good is wanting:
and go to be promoted over the trees? the same is designed by this as the former.
d Opera, par. 2. ep. 24. Sarapioni, p. 142.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
11. The fig tree Another of the excellent and highly valued trees of Palestine, the sweetness of whose good fruit is proverbial.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jdg 9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Ver. 11. Should I forsake, &c. ] See Jdg 9:9 .
And my good fruit.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
forsake. Same Hebrew as “leave” in Jdg 9:9 and Jdg 9:13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Luk 13:6, Luk 13:7
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jdg 9:11. The fig-tree said, &c. Gideon refused this honour, both for himself, and for his sons; and the sons of Gideon, whom Abimelech had slain, upon pretence of their affecting the kingdom, were as far from such thoughts as their father.