6 Then answered I and said, “Who of the sons of men is able to do this, that you should ask me about such things?” (WEB) 7 He said to me, “If I had asked you, ‘How many dwellings are there in the heart of the sea? Or how many springs are there at the fountain head of the deep? Or how many streams are above the firmament? Or which are the exits of hell? Or which are the entrances of paradise?’ (WEB) 8 perhaps you would say to me, ‘I never went down into the deep, or as yet into hell, neither did I ever climb up into heaven.’ (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:6–8
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2 Esdras 5:37–39
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2 Esdras 4:21–23
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