Judges 9:11-13

New International Version

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

¹²“Then the trees said to the vine, ‘Come and be our king.’

¹³“But the vine answered, ‘Should I give up my wine,^(A) which cheers both gods and humans, to hold sway over the trees?’

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Judges 9:11-13

New King James Version

¹¹But the fig tree said to them,
‘Should I cease my sweetness and my good fruit,
And go to sway over trees?’

¹²“Then the trees said to the vine,
‘You come and reign over us!’
¹³But the vine said to them,
‘Should I cease my new wine,
^(A)Which cheers both God and men,
And go to sway over trees?’

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Judges 9:11-13

King James Version

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

¹²Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

¹³And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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Judges 9:11-13

English Standard Version

¹¹But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’ ¹²And the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us.’ ¹³But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that ^(A)cheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?’

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