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Judges 9:11

But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

KJV

Quæ respondit eis : Numquid possum deserere dulcedinem meam, fructusque suavissimos, et ire ut inter cetera ligna promovear ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἡ συκῆ Μὴ ἀπολείψασα ἐγὼ τὴν γλυκύτητά μου καὶ τὰ γενήματά μου τὰ ἀγαθὰ πορεύσομαι κινεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ξύλων;

LXX

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?

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הֶם֙ הַ/תְּאֵנָ֔ה הֶ/חֳדַ֨לְתִּי֙ אֶת מָתְקִ֔/י וְ/אֶת תְּנוּבָתִ֖/י הַ/טּוֹבָ֑ה וְ/הָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָ/נ֖וּעַ עַל הָ/עֵצִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחְדָּ֑ל
'chdl
verb · 59×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
pronoun · 1×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נ֖וּעַ
nv'
verb · 42×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תְּנוּבֹ֣ת
tnvbt
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Luke 13:6 — He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.