2 Esdras 10:42 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

But now seest thou the likeness of the woman no more, but there appeared unto thee a city in building:

More versions

(though now you don’t see a woman, but a fully constructed city has appeared to you),

The woman told you about the death of her son. Then she vanished from your sight, and a whole city appeared. This is the meaning:

but now you no longer see the likeness of the woman, but a city under construction appeared to you,

The woman told you about the death of her son. Then she vanished from your sight, and a whole city appeared. This is the meaning:

but now you no longer see the likeness of the woman, but a city under construction appeared to you,

(you do not now see the form of a woman, but there appeared to you a city being built)