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KJV

2 Esdras 4:16

The thought of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
The counsel of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
But the purpose of the wood was vaine: for the fyre came and consumed it.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha