Judges 9:11
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
In context
9 But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
10 Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
11 But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
12 Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
13 But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
Judges 9:11 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
- KJV King James Version
- But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
- WEB World English Bible
- “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?’
- ASV American Standard Version
- But 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?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
- DBY Darby Translation
- But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?
- WBS Webster Bible
- But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?