2 Esdras 4:19
“I answered and said, Uerily it is a foolish thought that they both haue deuised: for the ground is giuen vnto the wood, and the sea also hath his place to beare his floods.”
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2 Esdras 4:19 Context
17The thought of the floods of the Sea came likewise to nought, for the sand stood vp and stopped them. 18If thou wert iudge now betwixt these two, whom wouldest thou begin to iustifie, or whom wouldest thou condemne? 19I answered and said, Uerily it is a foolish thought that they both haue deuised: for the ground is giuen vnto the wood, and the sea also hath his place to beare his floods. 20Then answered he me and said, Thou hast giuen a right iudgment, but why iudgest thou not thy selfe also? 21For like as the ground is giuen vnto the wood, & the sea to his floods: euen so they that dwell vpon the earth may vnderstand nothing, but that which is vpon the earth: and hee that dwelleth aboue the heauens, may onely vnderstand the things that are aboue the height of the heauens.
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I answered and said, Verily it is a foolish thought that they both have devised, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea also hath his place to bear his floods.
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