Quotes from 1 Esdras

8 notable lines from Unknown · c. 150 BCE

Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.

1 Esdras 4:41 (KJV) — the people's acclamation, the contest of the three guardsmen

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. The first wrote, Wine is the strongest. The second wrote, The king is strongest. The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.

    1 Esdras 3:10-12 (KJV) — the three bodyguards' wagers before King Darius

  2. Therefore great is the truth, and stronger than all things.

    1 Esdras 4:35 (KJV) — Zorobabel's speech in praise of truth

  3. O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it.

    1 Esdras 3:18 (KJV) — the first guardsman's speech in praise of wine

  4. As for the truth, it endureth, and is always strong; it liveth and conquereth for evermore.

    1 Esdras 4:38 (KJV) — Zorobabel on the eternity of truth

  5. It maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich.

    1 Esdras 3:19 (KJV) — the first guardsman on the power of wine

  6. Wine is wicked, the king is wicked, women are wicked, all the children of men are wicked, and such are all their wicked works; and there is no truth in them; in their unrighteousness also they shall perish.

    1 Esdras 4:37 (KJV) — Zorobabel contrasting all things with truth

  7. All the earth crieth upon the truth, and the heaven blesseth it: all works shake and tremble at it, and with it is no unrighteous thing.

    1 Esdras 4:36 (KJV) — Zorobabel on the reach of truth