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GNV1560

2 Esdras 7:49

For what profit is it vnto vs, if there be promised an immortal life, when we do the workes that bring death?

Parallel Translations

KJVView canonical →
For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death?
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
He answered me, “Listen to me, and I will instruct you. I will admonish you yet again.
World English Bible