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2 Esdras 16:31

As a trauailing woman which in the ninthe moneth bringeth forthe her sonne, when the houre of birth is come, two or thre houres afore the peines come vpon her bodie, and when the childe cometh to the birth, they tarie not a whit,

Parallel Translations

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Even so in those days there shall be three or four left by them that search their houses with the sword.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
even so in those days, there will be three or four left by those who search their houses with the sword.
World English Bible