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Judges 9:11

11 “But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?’

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Judges 9:11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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

Judges 9:11 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Judges 9:11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 But the fig tree also refused, saying,

‘Should I quit producing my sweet fruit

just to wave back and forth over the trees?’

Judges 9:11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

11 But the fig tree said to them,

‘Should I cease my sweetness and my good fruit,

And go to sway over trees?’

Judges 9:11 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 “But the fig tree answered, ‘Should I stop making my sweet and good fruit and go and sway over the other trees?’

Judges 9:11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 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?

Judges 9:11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Judges 9:11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

11 But the fig tree responded, 

‘Should I stop producing my good, sweet fruit 

in order to rule the trees?’ 

Judges 9:11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 But the fig tree said to them,

“Should I stop giving

my sweetness and my good fruit,

and rule over trees?”

Judges 9:11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 But the fig tree answered them,

‘Shall I stop producing my sweetness

and my delicious fruit,

and go to sway over the trees?’

Judges 9:11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11 But the fig tree said to them,

‘Should I stop producing my sweetness,

and my good crop,

to go sway over the trees?’

Judges 9:11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 “But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I give up my fruit? It’s so good and sweet. Should I give that up just to rule over the trees?’

Judges 9:11 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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


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