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2 Esdras 16:45

Because of this, those who labor, labor in vain;

Parallel Translations

GNV1560View canonical →
Let not the sinner say, that he hathe not sinned: for coles of fyre shal burne vpon his head, which saith, I haue not sinned before the Lord God and his glorie.
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