Judges 9:12-14

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹² Then the trees said to the vine,
    ‘You come and reign over us.’
¹³ But the vine said to them,
    ‘Shall I stop producing my wine
        that cheers gods and mortals,
        and go to sway over the trees?’
¹⁴ So all the trees said to the bramble,
    ‘You come and reign over us.’