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KJV

2 Esdras 4:34

And he answered me, saying, Do not thou hasten above the most Highest: for thy haste is in vain to be above him, for thou hast much exceeded.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
He answered me, and said, “Don’t hurry faster than the Most High; for your haste is for your own self, but he who is above hurries on behalf of many.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
And he answered me, saying, Haste not to be aboue the moste High: for thou laborest in vaine to be aboue him, thogh thou indeuer neuer so muche.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha