9But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness, by which gods and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?'


In Context

6 And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim'elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

7 When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Ger'izim, and cried aloud and said to them, |Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

8 The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

9 But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness, by which gods and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?'

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come you, and reign over us.'

11 But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?'

Judges 9:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:9"But the olive tree answered, 'Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and men are honored, to hold sway over the trees?'

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:9But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:9But 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:9But 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9But 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?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9|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?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9And 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:9But 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?