World English Bible

1 Esdras 4:7-11 World English Bible (WEB)

7. And he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;

8. if he command to strike, they strike; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;

9. if he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.

10. So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lies down, he eats and drinks, and takes his rest:

11. and these keep watch round about him, neither may any one depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in anything.