◄ Judges 9:11 ►
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Good News Translation
But the fig tree answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my good sweet fruit.'

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?’

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."

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?’

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?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees?

Luke 13:6,7 He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard: and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. . . .

Context
Jotham's Parable
…10And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us. 11And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees?12And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.…
Cross References
Judges 9:10
And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.

Judges 9:12
And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.

Judges 9:10
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