Catholic Public Domain Version
"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?’ "
— Judges 9:11, Catholic Public Domain 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?”
“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? ”
“"But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'”
“But the fig tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above 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?”
“But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over the trees?”
“But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?”
The trees went to anoint a king over themselves. And they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
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?’
And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and accept royal power over us.’
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 the trees said to the vine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
And it responded to them, ‘How could I abandon my wine, which gives joy to God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?’
And all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’