Judges 9:8-15 — Legacy Standard Bible

⁸“The trees surely went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’ ⁹“But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my fatness, with ¹which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’ ¹⁰“Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come, reign over us!’ ¹¹“But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good produce and go to wave over the trees?’ ¹²“Then the trees said to the vine, ‘You come, reign over us!’ ¹³“But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my new wine, which makes God and men glad, and go to wave over the trees?’ ¹⁴“Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come, reign over us!’ ¹⁵“And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in ¹truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’