Judges 9:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ 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?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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

⁹ 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)

⁹ 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

⁹ “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

⁹ 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?'

Judges 9:9 Cross References

Job 1:7

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

Job 2:2

And the Lord said to Satan, “Whence have you come?” Satan 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 heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart.

Psalm 89:20

I have found David, my servant; 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 fine wheat flour.

Exodus 29:7

And you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Exodus 35:14

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

Leviticus 2:1

“When any one brings a cereal offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; he shall pour oil upon 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 that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Acts 4:27

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

1 John 2:20

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

Judges 9:10

And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come you, and reign over us.’

Judges 9:8

The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’