Judges 9:9-11

New International Version

⁹“But the olive tree answered, ‘Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and humans are honored, to hold sway over the trees?’

¹⁰“Next, the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and be our king.’

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 9:9-11

New King James Version

⁹But the olive tree said to them,
‘Should I cease giving my oil,
^(A)With which they honor God and men,
And go to sway over trees?’

¹⁰“Then the trees said to the fig tree,
‘You come and reign over us!’
¹¹But the fig tree said to them,
‘Should I cease my sweetness and my good fruit,
And go to sway over trees?’

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Judges 9:9-11

King James Version

⁹But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

¹⁰And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

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

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Judges 9:9-11

English Standard Version

⁹But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees?’ ¹⁰And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.’ ¹¹But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’

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Judges 9:9-11

New American Standard Bible

⁹But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I give up my fatness with ^[a]which God and mankind are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’ ¹⁰Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You, come, reign over us!’ ¹¹But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I give up my sweetness and my good ^[b]fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’

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