Verse Comparison: Judges 9:11
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified® Bible
But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go to wave over the trees?
Contemporary English Version
But the fig tree replied, "I won't stop growing my delicious fruit, just to have my branches wave above the other trees."
Darby English Version
But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?'
Good News Bible
But the fig tree answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my good sweet fruit.'
King James Version
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
New American Standard Bible
"But the fig tree said to them, `Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?'
New International Version
"But the fig tree replied, 'Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?'
New King James Version
But the fig tree said to them,
‘ Should I cease my sweetness and my good fruit,
And go to sway over trees?’
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?'
Revised Standard Version
But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?'
Young's Literal Translation
And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
