1 Esdras 4:14
“O yee men, it is not the great King, nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine that excelleth; who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the lordship ouer them, are they not women?”
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1 Esdras 4:14 Context
12O yee men, how should not the King be mightiest, when in such sort he is obeyed? and he held his tongue. 13¶ Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of the truth (this was Zorobabel) beganne to speake. 14O yee men, it is not the great King, nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine that excelleth; who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the lordship ouer them, are they not women? 15Women haue borne the King and all the people, that beare rule by sea and land. 16Euen of thē came they: & they nourished them vp that planted the vineyards from whence the wine commeth.
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O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine, that excelleth; who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the lordship over them? are they not women?
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