2 Esdras 7:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, lo, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.

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Common English Bible

I answered: “Supreme Lord, you ordained in your Law that the just will inherit these things, but the impious will perish.

Good News Translation (US Version)

I answered, “Lord and master, in your Law you said that the righteous would receive all these blessings, but that the wicked would perish.

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

Then I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, behold, you have ordained in your law that the righteous will inherit these things, but that the ungodly will perish.

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

I answered, “Lord and master, in your Law you said that the righteous would receive all these blessings, but that the wicked would perish.

World English Bible British Edition

Then I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, behold, you have ordained in your law that the righteous will inherit these things, but that the ungodly will perish.

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Then I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, you have ordained in your law that the righteous shall inherit these things, but that the ungodly shall perish.

2 Esdras 7:17 Cross References