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2 Esdras 7:18

Shulde the righteous suffer straitnes in hoping for large things? yet thei that haue liued vngodly and suffered straitnes, shal not se the large things.

Parallel Translations

KJVView canonical →
Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
The righteous therefore will suffer difficult things, and hope for easier things, but those who have done wickedly have suffered the difficult things, and yet will not see the easier things.”
World English Bible