Judges 9:9-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁹ The olive tree answered them,
    “Shall I stop producing my rich oil
        by which gods and mortals are honoured,
        and go to sway over the trees?”
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?”