Judges 9:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The olive tree answered them, ‘Shall I stop producing my rich oil by which gods and mortals are honored and go to sway over the trees?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, by which God and man are honored, and go to wave over the trees?

American Standard Version (1901)

But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

Common English Bible

“But the olive tree replied to them, ‘Should I stop producing my oil, which is how gods and humans are honored, so that I can go to sway over the trees?’

Catholic Public Domain Version

And it responded, 'How could I abandon my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, and depart to be promoted among the trees?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?

Judges 9:9 Cross References

Job 1:7

The Lord said to the accuser, “Where have you come from?” The accuser answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.”

Job 2:2

The Lord said to the accuser, “Where have you come from?” The accuser answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.”

Psalm 104:15

and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine and bread to strengthen the human heart.

Psalm 89:20

I have found my servant David; with my holy oil I have anointed him;

Exodus 29:2

and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil. You shall make them of choice wheat flour.

Exodus 29:7

You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Exodus 35:14

and the lampstand for the light, with its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light;

Leviticus 2:1

“When anyone presents a grain offering to the Lord, the offering shall be of choice flour; the worshiper shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Acts 4:27

“For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

1 John 2:20

But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge.

Judges 9:10

Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.’

Judges 9:8

The trees once went out to anoint a king over themselves. So they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’