9 He said to desolate, they devastate; he said to build – they build; if he says to cut it down, they cut it down; he said to plant — they plant;

10 And all his people and his army shall obey him. And he lies down, eats, and drinks, and sleeps;

11 but they keep watch around him, and no man can go away and do his work, neither can they disobey him.

E-12 O men! Is not the king the strongest of all, when they obey him in this way? And he fell silent.

13 And the third one who spoke of women and of the truth, this was Zerubbabel, began to say,

14 O men! Is not the king great, and many of the people, and is not the wine strong? But who dominates and possesses them? Aren't they women?

15 And the women bore the king, and all the people, who possess the sea and the earth;

16 And of them were born, and by them were nursed, those who planted the vine, of which wine is made;

17 They make garments for men, and bring adornment to men, and men cannot be without wives.

18 And if they shall gather up gold, and silver, and all manner of jewels, and afterwards they shall see a certain woman, good in countenance, and beautiful,

19 Leaving everything, they rush to it, and look at it with their mouths open, and all cling to it more than to gold and silver and to every precious thing.

20 A man leaves his father, and his country, and cleaves to his wife,

21 And he departs his soul with his wife, and remembers neither father, nor mother, nor his country.

22 And from this you must know that women have dominion over you. Do you not labor and exert yourself, and do you not give and offer all things to your wives?