Judges 9:8-10

Lexham English Bible

⁸ “The trees went certainly,
    to anoint a king over themselves.
And they said to the olive tree,
    ‘Rule over us.’
⁹ And the olive tree replied,
    ‘Should I stop producing my oil,
        which by me gods and men are honored,
        to go sway over the trees?’
¹⁰ Then the trees said to the fig tree,
    ‘You, come rule over us.’