JDG 9:11 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἡ συκῆ, μὴ ἀπολείψασα ἐγὼ τὴν γλυκύτητά μου καὶ τὰ γεννήματά μου τὰ ἀγαθὰ, πορεύσομαι κινεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ξύλων;
(Kai eipen autois haʸ sukaʸ, maʸ apoleipsasa egō taʸn glukutaʸta mou kai ta gennaʸmata mou ta agatha, poreusomai kineisthai epi tōn xulōn;)

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

ULT But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I discontinue my sweetness and my good fruit, that I should go to wave over the trees?’

UST But the fig tree replied, ‘I produce figs. They are good to eat, and they taste sweet. It is much more important for me to keep producing figs than to wander around settling matters for other trees as a king would do. So I will not be your king.’

BSB & MSB But the fig tree replied
⇔ ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness
⇔ and my good fruit,
⇔ to hold sway over the trees?’

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WEBBE & WMBB “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?’

NET 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!’

LSV And the fig says to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

FBV But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my good sweet fruit just to go and sway to and fro over the trees?’

T4T “But the fig tree replied, ‘No! I do not want to [RHQ] stop producing my good sweet fruit, and rule over you other trees!’

LEB • But the fig tree said to them,
  • ‘Should I stop producing my sweetness,
   • and my good crop,
   • to go sway over the trees?’

BBE 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?

Moff No Moff JDG 9:11 book available

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

ASV 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?

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

YLT 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?

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

RV 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 unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and from over the trees?)

SLT And the fig tree will say to them, Left I my sweetness, and my good produce, and went I to wander about over the trees?

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

KJB-1769 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

KJB-1611 But the Figge tree saide vnto them, Should I forsake my sweetenesse, and my good fruit, and goe to be promoted ouer the trees?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps The figge tree aunswered them: should I forsake my sweetnes, and my good fruite, and go to be promoted ouer the trees?
(The fig tree answered them: should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?)

Gnva But the fig tree answered them, Should I forsake my sweetenesse, and my good fruite, and goe to aduance me aboue the trees?
(But the fig tree answered them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to advance me above the trees?)

Cvdl But the fygge tre sayde vnto the: Shal I leaue my swetnes and my good frute, and go to be puft vp aboue the trees?
(But the fig tree said unto them: Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to be puffed up above the trees?)

Wycl Which answeride to hem, Whether Y may forsake my swetnesse and swetteste fruytis, and go that Y be auaunsid among othere trees?
(Which answered to them, Whether I may forsake my sweetness and sweetest fruits, and go that I be advanced among other trees?)

Luth Aber der Feigenbaum sprach zu ihnen: Soll ich meine Süßigkeit und meine gute Frucht lassen und hingehen, daß ich über den Bäumen schwebe?
(But the/of_the fig_tree spoke to/for to_them: Should I my sweetness and my good fruit let and go_there, that I above the trees float?)

ClVg Quæ respondit eis: Numquid possum deserere dulcedinem meam, fructusque suavissimos, et ire ut inter cetera ligna promovear?
(Which answered to_them: Is_it I_can to_abandon sweetness of_mine, and_fruit sweetest, and ire as between the_rest wood I_may_be_moved_forward?)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וַ⁠תֹּ֤אמֶר לָ⁠הֶם֙ הַ⁠תְּאֵנָ֔ה הֶ⁠חֳדַ֨לְתִּי֙ אֶת־מָתְקִ֔⁠י וְ⁠אֶת־תְּנוּבָתִ֖⁠י הַ⁠טּוֹבָ֑ה וְ⁠הָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָ⁠נ֖וּעַ עַל־הָ⁠עֵצִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said to/for=them the_fig,tree will,I_cease? DOM sweetness_of,my and=DOM fruit_of,my (the),good and,will_I_go to,sway on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,trees )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [But the fig tree asked them whether it should discontinue its sweetness and its good fruit in order to go wave over the trees]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֶ⁠חֳדַ֨לְתִּי֙ אֶת־מָתְקִ֔⁠י וְ⁠אֶת־תְּנוּבָתִ֖⁠י הַ⁠טּוֹבָ֑ה וְ⁠הָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָ⁠נ֖וּעַ עַל־הָ⁠עֵצִֽים

See how you translated the similar question in [9:9](../09/09.md). Alternate translation: [I am not going to discontinue my sweetness and my good fruit in order to go wave over the trees!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֶת־מָתְקִ֔⁠י וְ⁠אֶת־תְּנוּבָתִ֖⁠י הַ⁠טּוֹבָ֑ה

DOM sweetness_of,my and=DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said to/for=them the_fig,tree will,I_cease? DOM sweetness_of,my and=DOM fruit_of,my (the),good and,will_I_go to,sway on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,trees )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of sweetness, you could express the same idea in another way. (The tree is expressing a single idea by using two phrases connected with and.) Alternate translation: [my good, sweet fruit]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠הָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָ⁠נ֖וּעַ עַל־הָ⁠עֵצִֽים

See how you translated the same expression in [9:9](../09/09.md).

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Abimelech Seizes Power

Judges 9

Virtually every account in the book of Judges paints this formative period in Israel’s history as a very dark, brutal time when everyone did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 17:6; 21:25). The story of Abimelech’s rise to power is no exception. Judges 6-8 recounts the heroic deeds of Gideon, a Manassite from the clan of Abiezer who rescued the Israelites from the Midianites. After Gideon’s victory, he returned to his hometown of Ophrah, and Israel enjoyed peace for the rest of his lifetime. But Gideon also left a legacy of idolatry by him, by his family, and by many Israelites. Gideon had many wives and seventy sons, as well as a concubine in Shechem who gave birth to another son named Abimelech (Judges 8:29-32). It appears that when Abimelech grew up, he settled in Arumah, (Judges 9:31), just outside Manassite territory in the tribal allotment of Ephraim (Joshua 16-17; see “Poster Map of the Tribe of Manasseh (West) and Its Surroundings, circa 1200 B.C.” map). Perhaps this move to non-Manassite territory reflected Abimelech’s lack of a legitimate heritage from his Manassite father. Later, Abimelech visited his relatives in Shechem and convinced them to persuade the leaders of Shechem to make him ruler over the city. To ensure that none of his seventy brothers, who were legitimate heirs to Gideon, challenged his authority, Abimelech went to Ophrah and killed all but one of them. The only brother to escape was Jotham, the youngest, and he went to the top of Mount Gerizim and warned them against betraying Gideon by making Abimelech king. Then he fled to the town of Beer, perhaps the same as Beeroth near the town of Gibeon. After three years, however, the leaders of Shechem began to grow dissatisfied with Abimelech as their king, and a man named Gaal offered to rule in place of him. Abimelech’s ally Zebul, who was one of the leaders of Shechem, went to Arumah and told Abimelech what Gaal was planning to do. So Gideon and his men split up into four groups and secretly surrounded the city at night. Then they attacked Gaal’s men, and Gaal’s men retreated into Shechem. Zebul drove them back out into the fields, and Abimelech’s men defeated them and captured the city. Some of the leaders of Shechem fled into the temple of El-berith (or Baal-berith), but Abimelech and his men cut down branches from Mount Zalmon (likely Mount Ebal just north of Shechem) and set fire to the temple, killing about 1000 people inside. Then Abimelech and his men went to Thebez and attacked the city. Many of the citizens took refuge inside a strong tower in the town, and Abimelech prepared to set fire to the entrance. But a woman on the roof dropped a millstone on his head, crushing his skull, so Abimelech commanded his armor bearer to kill him.

Parallel JDG 9:11

Abimelech Seizes Power