2 Esdras 10:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with sorrow; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.

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Common English Bible

I would then say to you, ‘As you gave birth with grief, so also from the beginning the earth yielded its fruit, humanity, to him who made it.’

Good News Translation (US Version)

that from the time God created the earth she has suffered as much in producing human beings for God as you did in childbirth.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

Then say I to you, ‘Just as you have brought forth with sorrow, even so the earth also has given her fruit, namely, people, ever since the beginning to him who made her.’

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

that from the time God created the earth she has suffered as much in producing human beings for God as you did in childbirth.

World English Bible British Edition

Then say I to you, ‘Just as you have brought forth with sorrow, even so the earth also has given her fruit, namely, people, ever since the beginning to him who made her.’

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

then I say to you, ‘Just as you brought forth in sorrow, so the earth also has from the beginning given her fruit, that is, humankind, to him who made her.’

2 Esdras 10:14 Cross References