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KJV

2 Esdras 16:23

And the dead shall be cast out as dung, and there shall be no man to comfort them: for the earth shall be wasted, and the cities shall be cast down.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
The dead will be cast out like dung, and there will be no one to comfort them; for the earth will be left desolate, and its cities will be cast down.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
As when there remaine thre or foure oliues in the place where oliues growe, or among other trees,
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha