1 Esdras 4:7

7 And yet he is only one man! If he tells them to kill, they kill; if he tells them to release, they release;

1 Esdras 4:7 In-Context

5 They kill and are killed, and do not disobey the king's command; if they win the victory, they bring everything to the king -- whatever spoil they take and everything else.

6 Likewise those who do not serve in the army or make war but till the soil, whenever they sow, reap the harvest and bring some to the king; and they compel one another to pay taxes to the king.

7 And yet he is only one man! If he tells them to kill, they kill; if he tells them to release, they release;

8 if he tells them to attack, they attack; if he tells them to lay waste, they lay waste; if he tells them to build, they build;

9 if he tells them to cut down, they cut down; if he tells them to plant, they plant.