2 Esdras 5:42
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CEB
He said to me, “I will compare my judgment to a crown. Just as there is no delay for those who come last, so there is no rushing for those who come before.”
NRSVA
He said to me, ‘I shall liken my judgement to a circle; just as for those who are last there is no slowness, so for those who are first there is no haste.’
NRSVUE
He said to me, “I shall liken my judgment to a circle; just as for those who are last there is no slowness, so for those who are first there is no haste.”
RSV
He said to me, “I shall liken my judgment to a circle; just as for those who are last there is no slowness, so for those who are first there is no haste.”
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