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2 Esdras 4:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Esdras 4:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 likewise also the plan of the waves of the sea was in vain,[a] for the sand stood firm and blocked it.(A) 18 If now you were a judge between them, which would you undertake to justify and which to condemn?”
19 I answered and said, “Each made a foolish plan, for the land has been assigned to the forest and the locale of the sea a place to carry its waves.”(B)
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- 4.17 Lat lacks was in vain
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