17 Likewise also the counsel of the waves of the sea, for the sand stood up and stopped them. (WEB) 18 If you were judge now between these two, which would you justify, or which would you condemn?” (WEB) 19 I answered and said, “It is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given to the wood, and the place of the sea is given to bear its waves.” (WEB)
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