Holy Scripture
1 Esdras 4:9
Source: Septuagint
Original
9if he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
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7And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
8if he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
— 1 Esdras 4:9 —
10So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest:
11and these keep watch round about him, neither may anyone depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in anything.