2 Esdras 4:42 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For like as a woman that travaileth maketh haste to escape the anguish of the travail: even so do these places haste to deliver those things that are committed unto them from the beginning.

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Common English Bible

As the one who gives birth hastens to escape the distress of giving birth, so these also hasten to give back those things that were entrusted to them from the beginning.

Good News Translation (US Version)

It is as eager to return the souls entrusted to it from the beginning of the world as a woman is to end her labor pains.

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

For just like a woman in labor hurries to escape the anguish of the labor pains, even so these places hurry to deliver those things that are committed to them from the beginning.

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

It is as eager to return the souls entrusted to it from the beginning of the world as a woman is to end her labour pains.

World English Bible British Edition

For just like a woman in labour hurries to escape the anguish of the labour pains, even so these places hurry to deliver those things that are committed to them from the beginning.

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

For just as a woman who is in labor makes haste to escape the pangs of birth, so also do these places hasten to give back those things that were committed to them from the beginning.

2 Esdras 4:42 Cross References