1 Esdras 4:14

14 "Gentlemen," he began, "the emperor is certainly powerful, men are numerous, and wine is strong, but who rules and controls them all? It is women!

1 Esdras 4:14 In-Context

12 Gentlemen," he concluded, "since people obey the emperor like this, certainly nothing in the world is stronger than he is."

13 The bodyguard who had written about women and the truth - it was Zerubbabel - spoke last.

14 "Gentlemen," he began, "the emperor is certainly powerful, men are numerous, and wine is strong, but who rules and controls them all? It is women!

15 Women gave birth to the emperor and all the men who rule over land and sea.

16 Women brought them into the world. Women brought up the men who planted the vineyards from which wine comes.