10"Next, the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and be our king.'


In Context

7 When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, "Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

8 One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king.'

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?'

10 "Next, the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and be our king.'

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

12 "Then the trees said to the vine, 'Come and be our king.'

Judges 9:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:10And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, [and] reign over us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:10And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:10And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:10And the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come you, and reign over us.'

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:10And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:10And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:10|The trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and reign over us.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:10And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:10And the trees said to the fig tree, Come you, and reign over us.