King James Version

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?

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וַתֹּ֤אמֶרvatomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לָהֶם֙lahemtoלָהֶם֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toהַתְּאֵנָ֔הhatenahthe figתְּאֵןdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the fig”, the ordinary formH8384the fig (tree or fruit)fig (tree).הֶחֳדַ֨לְתִּי֙hechodaltithe be unoccupiedחָדַלparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “the be unoccupied”, a completed actionH2308properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idlecease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מָתְקִ֔יmateqisweetnessמֹתֶקnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “sweetness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4987sweetnesssweetness.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).תְּנוּבָתִ֖יtenuvatifruitתְּנוּבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8570producefruit, increase.הַטּוֹבָ֑הhatovahthe goodטוֹבdefinite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “the good”, the ordinary formH2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant,…וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔יvehalakhtiand walkהָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and walk”, a completed action in a sequenceH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…לָנ֖וּעַlanuato to up and downנוּעַpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to to up and down”, the to-form of the verbH5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָעֵצִֽיםhaetsimthe treeעֵץdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But the fig-tree said unto them: Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruitage, and go to hold sway over the trees?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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?

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?

World English Bible

“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?’

Darby Translation

But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?

Douay-Rheims

And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But the fig-tree said unto them: Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruitage, and go to hold sway over the trees?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But the fig-tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruits, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἡ συκῆ, μὴ ἀπολείψασα ἐγὼ τὴν γλυκύτητά μου καὶ τὰ γεννήματά μου τὰ ἀγαθὰ, πορεύσομαι κινεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ξύλων;