Judges 9:11
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
American King James Version (AKJV)
But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
American Standard Version (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?
Basic English Translation (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's Revision
But the fig-tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
World English Bible
"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?'
English Revised Version (ERV)
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?
Clarke's Judges 9:11 Bible Commentary
But the fig tree said - Should I forsake my sweetness - The fruit of the fig tree is the sweetest or most luscious of all fruits. A full-ripe fig, in its own climate, has an indescribable sweetness; so much so that it is almost impossible to eat it, till a considerable time after it is gathered from the trees, and has gone through an artificial preparation. This I have often noticed.