But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?’
Judges 9:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come you, and reign over us.’ Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the trees said to the fig tree, You come and reign over us. American Standard Version (1901) And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us. Common English Bible “So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be king over us!’ Catholic Public Domain Version And the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and accept royal power over us.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us. |
But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?’
But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my fatness, by which gods and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?’
Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me for ever’; but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.