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KJV

2 Esdras 7:42

He answered me, and said, This present life is not the end where much glory doth abide; therefore have they prayed for the weak.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
neither noon, nor night, nor dawn, neither shining, nor brightness, nor light, except only the splendor of the glory of the Most High, by which all will see the things that are set before them.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Then he answered me, & said, This present life is not the end: oft times honour is reteined in it: therefore haue they prayed for the weake.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha