Judges 9:12-14

English Standard Version Anglicised

¹² And the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us.’ ¹³ But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that ^(A)cheers God and men and go to hold sway over the trees?’ ¹⁴ Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’