We pass away out of the world like locusts. Our life is like a vapor, and we aren’t worthy to obtain mercy.
KJV
2 Esdras 4:24
And we pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is astonishment and fear, and we are not worthy to obtain mercy.
Parallel Translations
Why we are tossed to and fro through the worlde as the greshoppers, and our life is a very feare, and we are not thoght worthie to obteine mercie.