ASV Byzantine Text
I answered and said, it is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the place of the sea is given to bear its waves.
2 Esdras 4:19
12 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Ka doo tih, “A anglat ni a mangtaengnah rhoi te, lan khaw duup ham la a khueh coeng, tuitun kah a hmuenhma long tuiphu a thoh sak coeng tah,” ka ti nah.
King James Version + Apocrypha
I answered and said, Verily it is a foolish thought that they both have devised, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea also hath his place to bear his floods.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
I answered and said, Verily it is a foolish thought that they both have devised, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea also hath his place to bear his floods.
Revised Version
I answered and said, it is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the place of the sea is given to bear his waves.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Je répondis : « C'est un conseil insensé qu'ils ont pris tous les deux, car le sol est donné au bois, et le lieu de la mer est donné pour porter ses vagues. »
Spanish BLL
Le contesté diciendo: “Pues qué idea tan boba tuvieron los dos, porque la tierra ya se le dio a los árboles, y el mar ya tiene su lugar apartado para hacer sus olas”.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
Respondí y dije: «Es un consejo insensato el que ambos han tomado, pues la tierra se le da al bosque y el lugar del mar se le da para soportar sus olas.»
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
I answered and said, “It is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given to the wood, and the place of the sea is given to bear its waves.”
World English Bible Classic
I answered and said, “It is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given to the wood, and the place of the sea is given to bear its waves.”
World English Bible Updated
I answered and said, “It is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given to the wood, and the place of the sea is given to bear its waves.”
SEPTUAGINTA
καὶ παρ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἐτέθη γνώμη καὶ ἐπεσκεψάμεθα καὶ εὕραμεν, ὅτι ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη ἀφ᾿ ἡμερῶν αἰῶνος ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς ἐπαίρεται, καὶ ἀποστάσεις καὶ φυγαδεῖαι γίνονται ἐν αὐτῇ·