Judges 9:9-11

New International Version - UK

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.”

¹¹ ‘But the fig-tree replied, “Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?”