1 Esdras 4:13

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

1 Esdras 4:13 In-Context

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."

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.