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2 Esdras 8:3-5
Common English Bible
2 Esdras 8:3-5
Common English Bible
3 Many indeed are created, but few will be saved.”
4 I replied: “Therefore, take delight[a] in understanding, my soul, and drink your fill of knowledge.[b] 5 You came into the world[c] unwillingly,[d] and against your will you depart, and you are given but a little while to live.
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- 2 Esdras 8:4 Syr and other versions; Lat dismiss
- 2 Esdras 8:4 Syr and other versions; Lat let the soul feed on what it knows
- 2 Esdras 8:5 Versions lack into the world.
- 2 Esdras 8:5 Versions; Lat misread the Gk.
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