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Judges 9:11

English Standard Version

11 But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’

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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?

Christian Standard Bible

But the fig tree said to them, “Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, and rule over trees? ”

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?

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?’

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 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 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?’

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?’