2 Esdras 4:17

17 The thought of the floods of the sea came likewise to nought, for the sand stood up and stopped them.

2 Esdras 4:17 In-Context

15 The floods of the sea also in like manner took counsel and said, `Come, let us go up and subdue the woods of the plain, that there also we may make us another country.'

16 The thought of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it.

17 The thought of the floods of the sea came likewise to nought, for the sand stood up and stopped them.

18 If thou wert judge now between these two, whom wouldest thou begin to justify? Or whom wouldest thou condemn?"

19 I answered and said, "Verily it is a foolish thought that they both have devised, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea also hath his place to bear his floods."