King James Version (KJV)
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?”
Verse in context — Judges 9
9
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?
10
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
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?
12
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, [and] reign over us.
13
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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