Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.
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2 Esdras 7:17
Then I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, behold, you have ordained in your law that the righteous will inherit these things, but that the ungodly will perish.
Parallel Translations
Then said I, O Lord, Lord, seing thou hast ordeined in thy Law, that the righteous shulde inherite these things, and that the vngodlie shulde perish,