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LXX

1 Esdras 4:53

and that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
and that all those who would come from Babylonia to build the city should have their freedom—they and their descendants, and all the priests that came.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
And that all they which went from Babylon to buylde the citie, shulde haue libertie, aswel they as their posteritie, and all the Priests that went away.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha