Judges 9:8-10

Revised Geneva Translation

⁸ “The trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’

⁹ “But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I leave my fatness with which they honor God and man and go to advance above the trees?’

¹⁰ “Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come! Be king over us!’