JDG 9:9 Parallel Verse View

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ULT But the olive tree replied to them, ‘Have I stopped producing my fatness, when by me they honor gods and men, that I should go to wave over the trees?’

UST But the olive tree said, ‘No! I will not be your king! The oil made from my fruit blesses both God and people. I will not stop producing olives from which we make that oil, in order to rule over you other trees!’

BSB  ⇔ But the olive tree replied,
⇔ ‘Should I stop giving my oil
 ⇔ that honors both God and man,
⇔ to hold sway over the trees?’

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEB “But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I stop producing my oil, with which they honor God and man by me, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?’

NET 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!’

LSV And the olive says to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honor gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

FBV But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my rich oil that benefits both gods and men just to go and sway to and fro over the trees?’

T4T “But the olive tree said, ‘No! I will not be your king Men and gods enjoy the oil from my fruit. I will not [RHQ] stop producing olives from which we make that oil, in order to rule over you other trees!’

LEB • ‘Should I stop producing my oil, • which by me gods and men are honored, • to go sway over the trees?’

BBE But the olive-tree said to them, Am I to give up my wealth of oil, by which men give honour to God, and go waving over the trees?

MOF No MOF JDG book available

JPS But the olive-tree said unto them: Should I leave my fatness, seeing that by me they honour God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees?

ASV But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

DRA And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?

YLT And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

DBY And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour [fn]God and man, and go to wave over the trees?

9.9 Elohim

RV But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

WBS But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

KJB But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?[fn]
(But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?)

9.9 go…: or, go up and down for other trees

BB But the Olyue tree sayd vnto them: Should I leaue my fatnesse wherwith by me they honour God and man, & to be promoted ouer the trees?
(But the Olyue tree said unto them: Should I leave my fatnesse wherwith by me they honour God and man, and to be promoted over the trees?)

GNV But the oliue tree said vnto them, Should I leaue my fatnes, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to aduance me aboue ye trees?
(But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatnes, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to aduance me above ye/you_all trees? )

CB But the Olyue tre answered them: Shall I go and leaue my fatnesse (which both God and men commende in me) and go to be puft vp aboue the trees?
(But the Olyue tree answered them: Shall I go and leave my fatnesse (which both God and men commende in me) and go to be puft up above the trees?)

WYC Whiche answeride, Whether Y may forsake my fatnesse, which bothe Goddis and men vsen, and come, that Y be auaunsid among trees?
(Which answered, Whether I may forsake my fatnesse, which both Goddis and men usen, and come, that I be auaunsid among trees?)

LUT Aber der Ölbaum antwortete ihnen: Soll ich meine Fettigkeit lassen, die beide, Götter und Menschen, an mir preisen, und hingehen, daß ich schwebe über die Bäume?
(But the Ölbaum antwortete ihnen: Soll I my Fettigkeit lassen, the beide, gods and Menschen, at to_me preisen, and hingehen, that I schwebe above the Bäume?)

CLV Quæ respondit: Numquid possum deserere pinguedinem meam, qua et dii utuntur et homines, et venire ut inter ligna promovear?
(Quæ respondit: Numquid possum deserere pinguedinem meam, which and dii utuntur and homines, and venire as between ligna promovear? )

BRN But the olive said to them, Shall I leave my fatness, with which men shall glorify God, and go to be [fn]promoted over the trees?

9:9 Gr. moved.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἡ ἐλαία, μὴ ἀπολείψασα τὴν πιότητά μου, ἐν ᾗ δοξάσουσι τὸν Θεὸν ἄνδρες, πορεύσομαι κινεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ξύλων;
(Kai eipen autois haʸ elaia, maʸ apoleipsasa taʸn piotaʸta mou, en haʸ doxasousi ton Theon andres, poreusomai kineisthai epi tōn xulōn; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Should I give up my abundance … over the other trees?

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to/for=them the,olive_tree the,leave DOM oil,my which/who in/on/at/with,me honoured ʼₑlhīmv and,men and,go to,sway on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,trees )

The olive tree is asking this question to refuse to be king. This question can be expressed as a statement. Alternate translation: “I will not give up my abundance … over the other trees.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) abundance

This word for “wealth” is a metonym for the olives that come from the tree. People ate olives as food and crushed them to make oil for lamps. Alternate translation: “oil”

(Occurrence 0) by which gods and men are honored

This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: “by which people honor both gods and other men”

(Occurrence 0) gods

It is possible to translate the same Hebrew word as “god,” “God,” or “gods,” so this could mean: (1) “gods” or (2) “God.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) sway over

To sway is to move back and forth. Trees sway when the wind blows them. Here this is a metaphor for ruling over people. Jotham is also using irony, saying that the work of any ruler will be useless because the “trees,” the people, will not obey anyone who rules them. Alternate translation: “rule over”

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