Judges 9:11 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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?

English 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?

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But the fig tree said to them, “Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, and rule over trees?”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

The fig tree replied, “I will not stop making my good, sweet figs so that I can rule over you.”

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"But the fig tree answered, 'Should I stop making my good, sweet fruit just to go and sway over the other trees?'

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But the fig tree answered, ‘In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my good sweet fruit.’

English God's Word - GW 1995

But the fig tree responded, 'Should I stop producing my good, sweet fruit in order to rule the trees?'

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But the fig tree said to them, "Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, and rule over trees?"

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

“Yet the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I stop making my sweet aroma and my fruit, to go and sway over the trees?’

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?'

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But the fig tree answered them, 'Must I give up my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?'

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But the fig tree said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"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?'

English NIV

"But the fig tree replied, 'Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?'

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

But the fig tree also refused, saying, `Should I quit producing my sweet fruit just to wave back and forth over the trees?'

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But the fig tree answered them, 'Shall I stop producing my sweetness and my delicious fruit, and go to sway over the trees?'

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

“But the fig tree replied, ‘What? Give up my good, sweet fruit to hold sway over the trees?’

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“But the fig tree also refused. 'Should I quit producing sweetness and fruit just to lift my head above all the other trees?' it asked.

English Tyndale 1537

And the fig tree answered them, should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit, and should go to be promoted over the trees.

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