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?'


In Context

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

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?'

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

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?'

12 |The trees said to the vine, 'Come and reign over us.'

13 |The vine said to them, 'Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the 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 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 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?