Judges 9:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’”

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BSBPD

“But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 9:11 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Luke 13:6Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.

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