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KJV

2 Esdras 7:59

For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while he lived, saying, Choose thee life, that thou mayest live.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
He answered me, “Weigh within yourself the things that you have thought, for he who has what is hard to get rejoices over him who has what is plentiful.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
For this is the life, whereof Moyses spake vnto the people, while he liued, saying, Chuse thee life that thou maist liue.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha