2 Esdras 16:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ And the dead shall be cast out as dung, and there shall be no man to comfort them: for the earth shall be left desolate, and the cities thereof shall be cast down.

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Common English Bible

²³ They will lack life’s necessities, and the sword will scatter those who survive the famine.

Good News Translation (US Version)

²³ Their corpses will be thrown out like garbage, and there will be no one left to comfort the living. The earth will be deserted and its cities demolished.

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

²³ The dead will be cast out like dung, and there will be no one to comfort them; for the earth will be left desolate, and its cities will be cast down.

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

²³ Their corpses will be thrown out like dung, and there will be no one left to comfort the living. The earth will be deserted and its cities demolished.

World English Bible British Edition

²³ The dead will be cast out like dung, and there will be no one to comfort them; for the earth will be left desolate, and its cities will be cast down.

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²³ And the dead shall be thrown out like dung, and there shall be no one to console them; for the earth shall be left desolate, and its cities shall be demolished.

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