Judges 9:8-10

New Living Translation

⁸ Once upon a time the trees decided to choose a king.
    First they said to the olive tree,
    ‘Be our king!’
⁹ But the olive tree refused, saying,
‘Should I quit producing the olive oil
    that blesses both God and people,
    just to wave back and forth over the trees?’

¹⁰ “Then they said to the fig tree,
    ‘You be our king!’