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?'


In Context

6 All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

7 When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, |Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

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?'

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9But 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?'

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 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?