1 Esdras 4:33

Superiority of truth

33 The king and the officials looked at each other, and the third young man began to speak about truth:

1 Esdras 4:33 In-Context

31 At this the king would stare at her with his mouth wide open. If she smiles at him, he laughs; but if she should get angry with him, he humors her so that she may be reconciled to him.

32 Gentlemen, aren't women powerful, since they can do such things?"

33 The king and the officials looked at each other, and the third young man began to speak about truth:

34 "Gentlemen, aren't women strong? The earth is great, heaven is high, and the sun is swift in its course, for it circles the heavens and returns again to its place in a single day.

35 Isn't the one who does these things great? Yet truth is also great and superior still to all of these things.