Judges 9:12-14

Revised Geneva Translation

¹² “Then the trees said to the vine, ‘Come! Be king over us!’

¹³ “But the vine said to them, ‘Should I leave my wine, by which I cheer God and man, and go to advance above the trees?’

¹⁴ “Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come! Reign over us!’