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1 Esdras 3:24

O sirs, isn’t wine the strongest, seeing that it forces people to do this?” And when he had said this, he stopped speaking.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
O you⌃ men, is not wine the strongest, that enforces to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
King James Version