But our fathers, which received the law, kept it not, and observed not thy ordinances: and though the fruit of thy law did not perish, neither could it, for it was thine;
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2 Esdras 9:32
But our fathers, which receiued the Law, kept it not, nether obserued thine ordinances, nether did the frute of the Law appeare, nether colde it, for it was thine.
Parallel Translations
But our fathers, who received the law, didn’t keep it, and didn’t observe the statutes. The fruit of the law didn’t perish, for it couldn’t, because it was yours.