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KJV

2 Esdras 3:28

Are their deeds then any better that inhabit Babylon, that they should therefore have the dominion over Sion?

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
“Then I said in my heart, ‘Are their deeds of those who inhabit Babylon any better? Is that why it gained dominion over Zion?’
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
But do they that dwell at Babylon, any better, that they shulde haue the dominion of Sion?
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha