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2 Esdras 7:9

If this city is now given to a man for an inheritance, if the heir doesn’t pass the danger before him, how will he receive his inheritance?”

Parallel Translations

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If this city now were given unto a man for an inheritance, if he never shall pass the danger set before it, how shall he receive this inheritance?
King James Version