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KJV

2 Esdras 1:28

Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Have I not prayed you as a father his sons, as a mother her daughters, and a nurse her young babes,

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
The Lord Almighty says, “Haven’t I asked you as a father his sons, as a mother her daughters, and a nurse her young babies,
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Thus saith the almightie Lord, Haue I not prayed you, as a father his sonnes, and as a mother her daughters, and as a nurse her yong babes,
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha