This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation 2 Esdras 12:44 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 189544 If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if we also had been consumed in the burning of Sion! See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible44 If you abandon us now, it would have been better for us to have been burned up along with Zion! See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)44 If you abandon us, it would have been better if we had died like the others in the fire that destroyed Jerusalem. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers44 If you will forsake us, how much better had it been for us if we also had been consumed in the burning of Zion! See the chapterGood News Bible (Anglicised)44 If you abandon us, it would have been better if we had died like the others in the fire that destroyed Jerusalem. See the chapterWorld English Bible British Edition44 If you will forsake us, how much better had it been for us if we also had been consumed in the burning of Zion! See the chapterNew Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional44 Therefore if you forsake us, how much better it would have been for us if we also had been consumed in the burning of Zion. See the chapter |