8 The ocean which is impassable for men, and the worlds beyond it, are directed by the same ordinances of the Master. (1CL)
1 Clement 20:8
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2 Esdras 4:20–22
20 Then answered he me, and said, “You have given a right judgment. Why don’t you judge your own case? (WEB) 21 For just as the ground is given to the wood, and the sea to its waves, even so those who dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but what is upon the earth.… (WEB)
Baruch 6:61–63
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Book of Enoch 101:5–7
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Book of Enoch 75:8–9
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Sirach 17:31–32
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Sirach 43:4–6
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Sirach 16:20–22
20 No heart will think about these things. Who could comprehend his ways? (WEB) 21 Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are hidden. (WEB) 22 Who will declare his works of righteousness? Who will wait for them? For his covenant is afar off. (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 16:12–14
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