Judg 9:9 | CPDV | STEP | And it responded, ‘How could I abandon my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, and depart to be promoted among the trees?’

Judges 9:9

9 And it responded, ‘How could I abandon my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, and depart to be promoted among the trees?’ ^{▼▼9:9 Both gods and men make use of: The olive tree is introduced, speaking in this manner, because oil was used both in the worship of the true God, and in that of the false gods, whom the Sichemites served.(Challoner)}