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KJV

2 Esdras 5:41

And I said, Behold, O Lord, yet art thou nigh unto them that be reserved till the end: and what shall they do that have been before me, or we that be now, or they that shall come after us?

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
I said, “But, behold, O Lord, you have made the promise to those who are alive at the end. What should they do who have been before us, or we ourselves, or those who will come after us?”
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Then I said, Beholde, ô Lord, the last things are present vnto thee, and what shal they do that haue bene before me, or we that be now, or they that shal come after vs?
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha