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KJV

2 Esdras 8:27

Regard not the wicked inventions of the heathen, but the desire of those that keep thy testimonies in afflictions.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
Don’t regard the doings of those who act wickedly, but of those who have kept your covenants in affliction.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Haue not respect vnto the wicked dedes of men, rather then to them that haue thy testimonies in afflictions.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha