14 “O sirs, isn’t the king great, and men are many, and isn’t wine strong? Who is it then who rules them, or has the lordship over them? Aren’t they women? (WEB) 15 Women have given birth to the king and all the people who rule over sea and land. (WEB)
1 Esdras 4:14–15
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1 Esdras 4:1–3
1 Then the second, who had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say, (WEB) 2 “O sirs, don’t men excel in strength who rule over the sea and land, and all things in them? (WEB) 3 But yet the king is stronger. He is their lord and has dominion over them. In whatever he com… (WEB)
1 Esdras 4:31–33
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1 Esdras 4:21–23
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Greek Esther 1:19–21
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