11And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees?


In Context

8 The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.

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

10 And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.

11 And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees?

12 And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.

13 And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?

Judges 9:11 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:11"But the fig tree replied, 'Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?'

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:11But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:11But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?'

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:11But the fig tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11|But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:11But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?