Judges 9:11
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 in other translations
| BSB | 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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| WEB | “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?’ |
| ASV | 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? |
| YLT | 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? |
| DARBY | But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees? |
| BBE | But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over the trees? |
| Webster | But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? |
What does Judges 9:11 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 9:7-21
There was no occasion for the trees to choose a king, they are all the trees of the Lord which he has planted. Nor was there any occasion for Israel to set a king over them, for the Lord was their King. Those who bear fruit for the public good, are justly respected and honoured by all that are wise, more than those who merely make a figure. All these fruit-trees gave much the same reason for their refusal to be…
Judges 9:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 9:11
- Luke 13:6-7
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
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Context
- Judges 9:10
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
- Judges 9:11
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 9:12
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges 9:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y respondió la higuera: ¿Tengo de dejar mi dulzura y mi buen fruto, por ir á ser grande sobre los árboles? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le figuier leur dit: Laisserais-je ma douceur et mon bon fruit, et irais-je m’agiter pour les arbres? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Feigenbaum sprach zu ihnen: Sollte ich meine Süßigkeit aufgeben und meine gute Frucht, und sollte hingehen, zu schweben über den Bäumen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quæ respondit eis: Numquid possum deserere dulcedinem meam, fructusque suavissimos, et ire ut inter cetera ligna promovear? |