2 Esdras 1:18 - Revised Standard Version CI saying, ‘Why hast thou led us into this wilderness to kill us? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.’ More versionsCommon English Bible “Why did you lead us into this wilderness to kill us? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this desert.” Good News Translation (US Version) ‘Why have you brought us out to this desert to kill us? Being slaves to the Egyptians was better than coming here to die.’ World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers saying, ‘Why have you brought us into this wilderness to kill us? It would have been better for us to have served the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.’ Good News Bible (Anglicised) ‘Why have you brought us out to this desert to kill us? Being slaves to the Egyptians was better than coming here to die.’ World English Bible British Edition saying, ‘Why have you brought us into this wilderness to kill us? It would have been better for us to have served the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.’ Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Saying, Why hast thou brought us into this wilderness to kill us? it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than to die in this wilderness. |