Judges 9:11

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!’ ¹ 

biblegateway Jdg 9:11

"But the fig-tree replied, ‘Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?’

biblegateway Jdg 9:11

"But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’

biblegateway Jdg 9:11

But the fig tree also refused, saying, ‘Should I quit producing my sweet fruit just to wave back and forth over the trees?’

biblegateway Jdg 9:11

But Fig Tree said to them, "Am I no longer good for making sweets, My mouthwatering sweet fruits, and to be demoted to waving over trees?"

SABDAweb Jdg 9:11

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?

bibleoremus Jdg 9:11

But the fig tree answered them, ‘Shall I stop producing my sweetness and my delicious fruit, and go to sway over the trees?’

biblegateway Jdg 9:11

But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I cease my sweetness and my good fruit, And go to sway over trees?’

biblegateway Jdg 9:11

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!’ ¹ 

¹ tn Heb “Should I stop my sweetness and my good fruit and go to sway over the trees? The negative sentence in the translation reflects the force of the rhetorical question.