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KJV

2 Esdras 3:31

I do not remember how this way may be left: Are they then of Babylon better than they of Sion?

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
and you have not shown how your way may be comprehended. Are the deeds of Babylon better than those of Zion?
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
I can not perceiue how this commeth to passe. Are the dedes of Babylon better then they of Sion?
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha