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12 Then the trees said to the vine,
    “You come and reign over us.”
13 But the vine said to them,
    “Shall I stop producing my wine
        that cheers gods and mortals,
        and go to sway over the trees?”
14 So all the trees said to the bramble,
    “You come and reign over us.”

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12 “Then the trees said to the vine, ‘Come and be our king.’

13 “But the vine answered, ‘Should I give up my wine,(A) which cheers both gods and humans, to hold sway over the trees?’

14 “Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and be our king.’

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