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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English Standard Version
But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?'
New International Version
"But the fig tree replied, 'Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?'
Catholic Public Domain Version
And it responded to them, ‘How could I abandon my sweetness, and my very sweet fruits, and depart to be promoted among the other trees?