Translation comparison

2 Esdras 13:34 in 1 translation

Every translation here words this verse identically, which is itself worth knowing — there is no interpretive fork to weigh.

Read with nearby context Open chapter 13

Early modern English

Seventeenth-century wording and sentence shape. Familiar, rhythmic, and the version most quotations you have heard are taken from.

King James Version

KJV

And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as thou sawest them, willing to come, and to overcome him by fighting.

1611 / 1769 · Public domain · The Authorised Version, revised to the 1769 Blayney text. Includes the Apocrypha as printed in 1611.

The verses either side

King James text. A comparison is easier to judge when you can see the sentence the verse sits inside.

33And when all the people hear his voice, every man shall in their own land leave the battle they have one against another.

34And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as thou sawest them, willing to come, and to overcome him by fighting.

35But he shall stand upon the top of the mount Sion.

Not shown for this verse: American Standard Version, Darby Bible, Young's Literal Translation, World English Bible, Open English Bible (US), Open English Bible (Commonwealth), Bible in Basic English. Most modern translations do not include the Apocrypha.