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2 Esdras 16:44

And therefore be ye not like thereunto, nor to the workes thereof: for or euer it be long, iniquitie shalbe taken away out of the earth, and righteousnes shal reigne among you.

Parallel Translations

KJVView canonical →
They that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they that marry not, as the widowers.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
those who marry, as those who will have no children, and those who don’t marry, as the widowed.
World English Bible