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2 Esdras 6:54-56
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Esdras 6:54-56
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
54 and over these you placed Adam, as ruler over all the works that you had made; and from him we have all come, the people whom you have chosen.
Why Do God’s People Suffer?
55 ‘All this I have spoken before you, O Lord, because you have said that it was for us that you created this world.[a] 56 As for the other nations that have descended from Adam, you have said that they are nothing, and that they are like spittle, and you have compared their abundance to a drop from a bucket.
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- 2 Esdras 6:55 Syr Ethiop Arab 2: Lat the firstborn world Compare Arab 1 first world
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