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2 Esdras 4:34-36
Revised Standard Version
2 Esdras 4:34-36
Revised Standard Version
34 He answered me and said, “You do not hasten faster than the Most High, for your haste is for yourself,[a] but the Highest hastens on behalf of many. 35 Did not the souls of the righteous in their chambers ask about these matters, saying, ‘How long are we to remain here?[b] And when will come the harvest of our reward?’ 36 And Jeremiel the archangel answered them and said, ‘When the number of those like yourselves is completed;[c] for he has weighed the age in the balance,
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- 2 Esdras 4:34 Syr Ethiop Arab Arm: the Latin is corrupt
- 2 Esdras 4:35 Syr Ethiop Arab 2 Georg: Lat How long do I hope thus?
- 2 Esdras 4:36 Syr Ethiop Arab 2: Lat number of seeds is completed for you
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