2 Esdras 7:58 - Revised Standard Version CI

I said, “O sovereign Lord, what is plentiful is of less worth, for what is more rare is more precious.”

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I said, “Supreme Lord, that which is abundant is cheaper, because what is more rare is valuable.”

I answered, “Lord and master, the common things are cheap; it is the rare things that are valuable.”

I said, “O sovereign Lord, that which is plentiful is of less worth, for that which is more rare is more precious.”

I answered, “Lord and master, the common things are cheap; it is the rare things that are valuable.”

I said, “O sovereign Lord, that which is plentiful is of less worth, for that which is more rare is more precious.”

That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.