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2 Esdras 15:13 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 contextOpen chapter 15

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

They that till the ground shall mourn: for their seeds shall fail through the blasting and hail, and with a fearful constellation.

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.

12Egypt shall mourn, and the foundation of it shall be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bring upon it.
13They that till the ground shall mourn: for their seeds shall fail through the blasting and hail, and with a fearful constellation.
14Woe to the world and them that dwell therein!

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.