World English Bible
""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?'"
— Judges 9:13, World English 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? ”
“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!’”
“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?”
"The trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and reign over us.'
"But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'
"The trees said to the vine, 'Come and reign over us.'
"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?'
"Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come and reign over us.'
"The bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
"Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands