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Judges 9:10-12
New English Translation
Judges 9:10-12
New English Translation
10 “So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be our king!’[a] 11 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!’[b]
12 “So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and be our king!’[c]
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- Judges 9:10 tn Or “and rule over us!”
- Judges 9:11 tn Heb “Should I stop my sweetness and my good fruit and go to sway over the trees?” The negative sentence in the translation reflects the force of the rhetorical question.
- Judges 9:12 tn Or “and rule over us!”
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