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KJV

2 Esdras 7:9

If this city now were given unto a man for an inheritance, if he never shall pass the danger set before it, how shall he receive this inheritance?

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
If this city is now given to a man for an inheritance, if the heir doesn’t pass the danger before him, how will he receive his inheritance?”
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
If this citie were giuen vnto a man for an inheritance, if he neuer went thorowe the peril before it, how colde he receaue his inheritance?
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha