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2 Esdras 8:53-55
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 8:53-55
Revised Standard Version
53 The root of evil is sealed up from you, illness is banished from you, and death[a] is hidden; hell has fled and corruption has been forgotten;[b] 54 sorrows have passed away, and in the end the treasure of immortality is made manifest. 55 Therefore do not ask any more questions about the multitude of those who perish.
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- 2 Esdras 8:53 Syr Ethiop Arm: Latin omits death
- 2 Esdras 8:53 Syr: Lat Hades and corruption have fled into oblivion, or corruption has fled into Hades to be forgotten
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