1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Judges 9:14 And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.

Bramble. Septuagint rhamnos, "the white, or hawthorn." Some suppose that atad means "a wild rose, (Vatable) thistle," etc. (Calmet) --- It is here put for any base and ambitious man. (Worthington)