Judges 9:12-14

Modern English Version

¹² “So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and rule over us.’

¹³ “Yet the grapevine said to them, ‘Should I stop making my fresh wine, which cheers God and men, to go and sway over the trees?’

¹⁴ “So the trees said to the thorn bush, ‘You come and rule over us.’