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2 Esdras 13:49 in 1 translation

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

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

Now when he destroyeth the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, he shall defend his people that remain.

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.

48But those that be left behind of thy people are they that are found within my borders.
49Now when he destroyeth the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, he shall defend his people that remain.
50And then shall he shew them great wonders.

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