NET Bible
"“So all the trees said to the thornbush,‘You come and be our king!’"
— Judges 9:14, NET Bible
“Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.”
“Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. ”
“"Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come and reign over us.'”
“And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.”
“Then all the trees said to the thorn, You come and be king over us.”
“Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.”
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–
my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian’s power.