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2 Esdras 6:37-39
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 6:37-39
Revised Standard Version
37 For my spirit was greatly aroused, and my soul was in distress.
God’s Work in Creation
38 I said, “O Lord, thou didst speak at the beginning of creation, and didst say on the first day, ‘Let heaven and earth be made,’ and thy word accomplished the work. 39 And then the Spirit was hovering, and darkness and silence embraced everything; the sound of man’s voice was not yet there.[a]
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- 2 Esdras 6:39 Syr Ethiop: Lat was not yet from thee
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