Judges 9:11
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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.

Lexicon
But the fig tree
הַתְּאֵנָ֔ה (hat·tə·’ê·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8384: Of foreign derivation, the fig

replied,
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Should I stop giving
הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ (he·ḥo·ḏal·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

my sweetness
מָתְקִ֔י (mā·ṯə·qî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4987: Sweetness

and my good
הַטּוֹבָ֑ה (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

fruit,
תְּנוּבָתִ֖י (tə·nū·ḇā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8570: Fruit, produce

to hold
וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י (wə·hā·laḵ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

sway
לָנ֖וּעַ (lā·nū·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the trees?’
הָעֵצִֽים׃ (hā·‘ê·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood


Additional Translations
But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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?

But the fig-tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness an my good fruits, and go to be promoted over the trees?

But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?

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?

But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

"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?'

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?
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