Judges 9:8-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁸ “One day the trees decided to choose a king to rule over them. The trees said to the olive tree, ‘You be king over us.’

⁹ “But the olive tree said, ‘My oil is used to honor gods and humans. Should I stop making my oil just to go and sway over the other trees?’

¹⁰ “Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and be our king.’