Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

2 Esdras 8:5

For thou hast agreed to give ear, and art willing to prophesy: for thou hast no longer space than only to live.

Parallel Translations

WEBView canonical →
For you have come here apart from your will, and depart against your will, for you have only been given a short time to live.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
For thou hast promised to heare, and thou wilt prophecie: for thou hast no longer space, but the life giuen thee.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha