NET Bible
"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!’"
— Judges 9:11, NET Bible
“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?'”
“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 were determined to go out and choose a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree,‘Be our king!’
But the olive tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!’
“So the trees said to the fig tree,‘You come and be our king!’
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!’
“So the trees said to the grapevine,‘You come and be our king!’
But the grapevine said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’
“So all the trees said to the thornbush,‘You come and be our king!’