9 Say not in regard to the righteous and good who are in life: “In our troubled days we have toiled laboriously and experienced every trouble, And met with much evil and been consumed, And have become few and our spirit small. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 103:9
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Book of Enoch 102:4–6
4 Fear ye not, ye souls of the righteous, And be hopeful ye that have died in righteousness. (ENO) 5 And grieve not if your soul into Sheol has descended in grief, And that in your life your body fared not according to your goodness, But wait for the day of the judgemen… (ENO)
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2 Esdras 7:17–19
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Book of Enoch 92:1–3
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