So are those who come after you smaller than you, as born of the creature which now begins to be old, and is past the strength of youth.”
KJV
2 Esdras 5:55
And so are they that come after you less than ye, as the creatures which now begin to be old, and have passed over the strength of youth.
Parallel Translations
And so are they that come after you, lesse then ye, as the creatures which now beginne to be olde, and haue passed ouer the strength of youth.