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LXX2012

1 Esdras 2:20

And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Since the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it appropriate not to neglect such a matter,
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
And because the things, perteining to the Temple, go forwarde, we thoght it not mete to passe ouer suche a thing,
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha