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