1 Esdras 4:12-14

Revised Standard Version

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

The Speech about Women

¹³ Then the third, that is Zerub′babel, who had spoken of women and truth, began to speak: ¹⁴ “Gentlemen, is not the king great, and are not men many, and is not wine strong? Who then is their master, or who is their lord? Is it not women?