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2 Esdras 12:17

As for the voice that thou heardest speake, and that thou sawest not go out from the heads, but from the middes of the bodie thereof, this is the interpretacion,

Parallel Translations

KJVView canonical →
As for the voice which thou heardest speak, and that thou sawest not to go out from the heads but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the interpretation:
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
As for when you heard a voice which spoke, not going out from the heads, but from the midst of its body, this is the interpretation:
World English Bible