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KJV

2 Esdras 7:68

And he pardoneth; for if he did not so of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men should not remain living.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
For all who are born are defiled with iniquities, and are full of sins and laden with transgressions.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
He pardoneth also: for if he gaue not of his goodnes that they, which haue done euil, might be relieued from their wickednes, the ten thousand parte of men shulde not remaine aliue.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha