Judges 9:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Job 2:2

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Psalm 104:15

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.

Psalm 89:20

I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:

Exodus 29:2

and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

Exodus 29:7

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

Exodus 35:14

the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;

Leviticus 2:1

And when any one offereth an oblation of a meal offering unto the LORD, his oblation shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

Acts 10:38

even Jesus of Nazareth, how that God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Acts 4:27

for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

1 John 2:20

And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

Judges 9:10

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

Judges 9:8

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.