2 Esdras 4:18

18 If now you were a judge between them, which would you undertake to justify, and which to condemn?"

2 Esdras 4:18 In-Context

16 But the plan of the forest was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it;

17 likewise also the plan of the waves of the sea was in vain, for the sand stood firm and blocked it.

18 If now you were a judge between them, which would you undertake to justify, and which to condemn?"

19 I answered and said, "Each made a foolish plan, for the land has been assigned to the forest, and the locale of the sea a place to carry its waves."

20 He answered me and said, "You have judged rightly, but why have you not judged so in your own case?