Judges 9:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁸ The trees once went out
    to anoint a king over themselves.
So they said to the olive tree,
    “Reign over us.”
⁹ The olive tree answered them,
    “Shall I stop producing my rich oil
        by which gods and mortals are honoured,
        and go to sway over the trees?”
¹⁰ Then the trees said to the fig tree,
    “You come and reign over us.”