2 Esdras 16:47 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴⁷ And they that traffick traffick to become a spoil: the more they deck their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons,

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Common English Bible

⁴⁷ Foreigners will gather their fruits, plunder their wealth, knock down their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and hunger they will produce their offspring.

Good News Translation (US Version)

⁴⁷ Anyone who makes money will do so only to see it violently taken away. The more possessions people gather, the more they spend on their cities and houses, the more attention they give to their personal appearance,

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

⁴⁷ Those who conduct business, do so only to be plundered. The more they adorn their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons,

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

⁴⁷ Anyone who makes money will do so only to see it violently taken away. The more possessions people gather, the more they spend on their cities and houses, the more attention they give to their personal appearance,

World English Bible British Edition

⁴⁷ Those who conduct business, do so only to be plundered. The more they adorn their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons,

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁴⁷ Those who conduct business, do so only to have it plundered; the more they adorn their cities, their houses and possessions, and their persons,

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