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)
2 Esdras 4:19
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12 and said to him, “It would have been better if we weren’t here at all, than that we should come here and live in the midst of ungodliness, and suffer, and not know why.” (WEB) 13 He answered me, and said, “A forest of the trees of the field went out, and took counsel t… (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:45–47
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Deuteronomy 1:13–15
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Job 32:16–18
16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply? 17 I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know. 18 For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
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Ezekiel 24:19–21
19 Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?” 20 So I answered them, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying: 21 Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the prid…
2 Esdras 12:44–46
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Job 32:9–11
9 It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice. 10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’ 11 Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
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