King James Version
Judges 9:9 KJV
“But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? go: or, go up and down for other trees”
Allegory
Judges 9 — Context
Judges 9:8 — “The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.”
Judges 9:9 — “But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? go: or, go up and down for other trees”
Judges 9:10 — “And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.”