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LXX

1 Esdras 9:55

because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
because they understood the words they were instructed with, and for which they had been assembled.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
For they were yet filled with the wordes wherewith they were instructed, when they were assembled together.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha