1 Esdras 4:14-16

Revised Standard Version

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? ¹⁵ Women gave birth to the king and to every people that rules over sea and land. ¹⁶ From women they came; and women brought up the very men who plant the vineyards from which comes wine.