Although. Hebrew. ki, as in 2 Samuel 23:5. but must be understood not as being hypothetical, but as bringing out the antithesis with Habakkuk 3:18 (compare Job 8:7).

fig tree... vines... olive. See note on Judges 9:8.

blossom. The edible fig, which is the blossom: i.e. the receptacle containing. large number of minute unisexual flowers growing to. succulent. The Hebrew text therefore and the Authorized Version rendering are both scientifically correct.

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