Judges 9:10-12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁰ Then the trees said to the fig tree,
    ‘You come and reign over us.’
¹¹ But the fig tree answered them,
    ‘Shall I stop producing my sweetness
        and my delicious fruit,
        and go to sway over the trees?’
¹² Then the trees said to the vine,
    ‘You come and reign over us.’