Judges 9:8-10

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁸ The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.

⁹ And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?

¹⁰ And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.