Judges 9:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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?

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

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

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?

“The fig tree replied to them, ‘Should I stop producing my sweetness and my delicious fruit, so that I can go to sway over the trees?’

And it responded to them, 'How could I abandon my sweetness, and my very sweet fruits, and depart to be promoted among the other trees?'

And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees?

And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.