Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?’ New Living Translation But the fig tree also refused, saying, ‘Should I quit producing my sweet fruit just to wave back and forth over the trees?’ English Standard Version But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’ Berean Standard Bible But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’ King James Bible But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? New King James Version But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I cease my sweetness and my good fruit, And go to sway over trees?’ New American Standard Bible But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I give up my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’ NASB 1995 “But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’ NASB 1977 “But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’ Legacy Standard Bible But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good produce and go to wave over the trees?’ Amplified Bible But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I give up my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’ Christian Standard Bible But the fig tree said to them, “Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, and rule over trees? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible But the fig tree said to them,” Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, and rule over trees?” 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? Aramaic Bible in Plain English The fig tree said to them: ‘I will not leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and shall I go to be an abomination for the trees?’ Brenton Septuagint Translation But the fig-tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness an my good fruits, and go to be promoted over the trees? Contemporary English Version But the fig tree replied, "I won't stop growing my delicious fruit, just so my branches can wave above the other trees." Douay-Rheims Bible And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees? English Revised 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? GOD'S WORD® Translation But the fig tree responded, 'Should I stop producing my good, sweet fruit in order to rule the trees?' Good News Translation But the fig tree answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my good sweet fruit.' International Standard Version But the fig tree asked them, 'Should I leave my sweet, good fruit and go take dominion over trees?' JPS Tanakh 1917 But the fig-tree said unto them: Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruitage, and go to hold sway over the trees? Literal Standard Version And the fig says to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees? Majority Standard Bible But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’ New American Bible But the fig tree answered them, ‘Must I give up my sweetness and my sweet fruit, and go off to hold sway over the trees?’ NET Bible But the fig tree said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!' New Revised Standard Version But the fig tree answered them, ‘Shall I stop producing my sweetness and my delicious fruit, and go to sway over the trees?’ New Heart 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?' Webster's Bible Translation But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 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?’ 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? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jotham's Parable…10Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’ 11But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’ 12Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’… Cross References Judges 9:10 Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and reign over us.' Judges 9:12 Then the trees said to the grapevine, 'Come and reign over us.' Treasury of Scripture But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? Luke 13:6,7 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none… Jump to Previous Ceased Hold Increase Leave Promoted Stagger Sway Sweet Sweetness Taste Tree Trees Wave WavingJump to Next Ceased Hold Increase Leave Promoted Stagger Sway Sweet Sweetness Taste Tree Trees Wave WavingJudges 9 1. Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king7. Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin 22. Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him 30. Zebul reveals it 34. Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt 46. He burns the hold of the god Berith 50. At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone 56. Jotham's curse is fulfilled. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But the fig treeהַתְּאֵנָ֔ה (hat·tə·’ê·nāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8384: Of foreign derivation, the fig replied, וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘Should I stop giving הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ (he·ḥo·ḏal·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle my sweetness מָתְקִ֔י (mā·ṯə·qî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4987: Sweetness and my good הַטּוֹבָ֑ה (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good fruit, תְּנוּבָתִ֖י (tə·nū·ḇā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8570: Fruit, produce to hold וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י (wə·hā·laḵ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk sway לָנ֖וּעַ (lā·nū·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the trees?’ הָעֵצִֽים׃ (hā·‘ê·ṣîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood Links Judges 9:11 NIVJudges 9:11 NLT Judges 9:11 ESV Judges 9:11 NASB Judges 9:11 KJV Judges 9:11 BibleApps.com Judges 9:11 Biblia Paralela Judges 9:11 Chinese Bible Judges 9:11 French Bible Judges 9:11 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 9:11 But the fig tree said to them (Jd Judg. 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