2 Esdras 16:32 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³² And the earth shall be left desolate, and the fields thereof shall be for briers, and her ways and all her paths shall bring forth thorns, because no sheep shall pass therethrough.

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Common English Bible

³² so in those days three or four will be left by those who search house to house with the sword.

Good News Translation (US Version)

³² The land will be left empty; the fields will be overgrown with briers; the roads and paths will be covered with weeds and thorns because there will be no sheep to graze along them.

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

³² The earth will be left desolate, and its fields will be for briers, and its roads and all her paths will grow thorns, because no sheep will pass along them.

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

³² The land will be left empty; the fields will be overgrown with briars; the roads and paths will be covered with weeds and thorns because there will be no sheep to graze along them.

World English Bible British Edition

³² The earth will be left desolate, and its fields will be for briers, and its roads and all her paths will grow thorns, because no sheep will pass along them.

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

³² The earth shall be left desolate, and its fields shall be plowed up, and its roads and all its paths shall bring forth thorns, because no sheep will go along them.

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