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 8:59 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 189559 For as the things aforesaid shall receive you, so thirst and pain which are prepared shall receive them: for the Most High willed not that men should come to nought: See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible59 Just as the things that are predicted will receive you, so also the thirst and torment that are prepared will receive them. The Most High didn’t intend for human beings to be destroyed, See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)59 So the joys I have described are waiting for you, while thirst and torment are in store for them. But God Most High did not want anyone to perish. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers59 For as the things I have said will welcome you, so thirst and pain which are prepared for them. For the Most High didn’t intend that men should be destroyed, See the chapterGood News Bible (Anglicised)59 So the joys I have described are waiting for you, while thirst and torment are in store for them. But God Most High did not want anyone to perish. See the chapterWorld English Bible British Edition59 For as the things I have said will welcome you, so thirst and pain which are prepared for them. For the Most High didn’t intend that men should be destroyed, See the chapter |