NET Bible
"But the grapevine said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’"
— Judges 9:13, NET Bible
“And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?”
“And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? ”
“"The vine said to them, 'Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'”
“And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?”
“But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?”
“And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?”
“So the trees said to the fig tree,‘You come and be our king!’
But the fig tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’
“So the trees said to the grapevine,‘You come and be our king!’
But the grapevine said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’
“So all the trees said to the thornbush,‘You come and be our king!’
The thornbush said to the trees,‘If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’
“Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub-Baal and his family, if you have properly repaid him–