1 Esdras 4:13

13 Then the third, who had spoken of women and truth (and this was Zerubbabel), began to speak:

1 Esdras 4:13 In-Context

11 but they keep watch around him, and no one may go away to attend to his own affairs, nor do they disobey him.

12 Gentlemen, why is not the king the strongest, since he is to be obeyed in this fashion?" And he stopped speaking.

13 Then the third, who had spoken of women and truth (and this was Zerubbabel), began to speak:

14 "Gentlemen, is not the king great, and are not men many, and is not wine strong? Who is it, then, that rules them, or has the mastery over them? Is it not women?

15 Women gave birth to the king and to every people that rules over sea and land.