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56 At his word the stars were fixed in their places, and he knows the number of the stars. 57 He searches the abyss and its treasures; he has measured the sea and its contents; 58 he has confined the sea in the midst of the waters;[a] and by his word he has suspended the earth over the water.

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  1. 2 Esdras 16:58 Other ancient authorities read confined the world between the waters and the waters

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