11 finding out, and knowest the number of mankind. And if in time many have sinned, yet others not a few have been righteous. (2BA) 12 Thou knowest where Thou preservest the end of those who have sinned, or the consummation of (2BA) 13 those who have been righteous. For if there were this life only, which belongs to all men, nothing could be more bitter than this, (2BA)
2 Baruch 21:11–13
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