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KJV

2 Esdras 5:54

Consider thou therefore also, how that ye are less of stature than those that were before you.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
Consider therefore you also, how you are shorter than those who were before you.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Consider now thy self, how that ye are lesse of stature, then those that were before you,
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha