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And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
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If he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
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If he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
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So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest:
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And these keep watch round about him, neither may any one depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in any thing.
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O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest, when in such sort he is obeyed? And he held his tongue.
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Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of the truth, (this was Zorobabel) began to speak.
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O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine, that excelleth; who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the lordship over them? are they not women?
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Women have borne the king and all the people that bear rule by sea and land.
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Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine cometh.
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These also make garments for men; these bring glory unto men; and without women cannot men be.