1 Esdras 4:10

10 Everybody, soldier or civilian, obeys the emperor. And when he sits down to eat or drink and then falls asleep,

1 Esdras 4:10 In-Context

8 if he orders them to attack, they do; if he orders destruction, they destroy; if he orders them to build, they build;

9 if he orders crops to be destroyed or fields to be planted, it is done.

10 Everybody, soldier or civilian, obeys the emperor. And when he sits down to eat or drink and then falls asleep,

11 his servants stand guard around him, without being able to go and take care of their own affairs, for they never disobey him.

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