2 Esdras 16:54
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CEB
Let sinners not deny that they have sinned, for God will burn coals of fire over the head of those who say, “I haven’t sinned before God and his glory.”
NRSVA
The Lord certainly knows everything that people do; he knows their imaginations and their thoughts and their hearts.
NRSVUE
Sinners must not say that they have not sinned, for coals of fire will burn on the head of everyone who says, “I have not sinned before God and his glory.”
RSV
Behold, the Lord knows all the works of men, their imaginations and their thoughts and their hearts.
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