Judges 9:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

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.”