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


In Context

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.'

13 "But the vine answered, 'Should I give up my wine, which cheers both gods and men, to hold sway over the trees?'

Judges 9:11 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:11And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other 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?