Judges 9:8-10

New International Version - UK

⁸ One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, “Be our king.”

⁹ ‘But the olive tree answered, “Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and humans are honoured, to hold sway over the trees?”

¹⁰ ‘Next, the trees said to the fig-tree, “Come and be our king.”