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) 20 Then answered he me, and said, “You have given a right judgment. Why don’t you judge your own case? (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:18–20
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