Judges 9:7-9

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Listen to me, lords of Shechem,
and may God listen to you:

⁸ The trees set out
to anoint a king over themselves.
They said to the olive tree, “Reign over us.”
⁹ But the olive tree said to them,
“Should I stop giving my oil
that honors both God and man,
and rule^[a] over the trees?”