ASV Byzantine Text
And when I heard these things I fell upon my face, and said unto him, It were better that we were not here at all, than that we should come hither and live in the midst of ungodliness, and suffer, and not know wherefore.
2 Esdras 4:12
12 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
He he ka yaak vaengah tah ka maelhmai ka buenglueng tih amah te, “Kamih ham tah tahae kah aka om lakah aka thoeng ham nim, Pathen ming mueh la khosak he pawt ni, patang ham he nim, balae ti yakming pawt he nim, aka then ngai mai pawn eh? ka ti coeng.
King James Version + Apocrypha
Then said I unto him, It were better that we were not at all, than that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know wherefore.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
Then said I unto him, It were better that we were not at all, than that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know wherefore.
Revised Version
And when I heard these things I fell upon my face, and said unto him, It were better that we were not here at all, than that we should come hither and live in the midst of ungodliness, and suffer, and not know wherefore.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
et je lui ai dit : « Il aurait mieux valu que nous ne soyons pas ici du tout, que de venir ici et de vivre au milieu de l'impiété, de souffrir et de ne pas savoir pourquoi. »
Spanish BLL
y le dije: “Hubiera estado mejor ni haber nacido, que venir a este mundo a vivir rodeados de puras cosas malas, sufrir, y ni siquiera saber el por qué”.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
y le dije: «Habría sido mejor que no estuviéramos aquí, que venir aquí y vivir en medio de la impiedad, y sufrir, y no saber por qué.»
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
and said to him, “It would have been better if we weren’t here at all, than that we should come here and live in the midst of ungodliness, and suffer, and not know why.”
World English Bible Classic
and said to him, “It would have been better if we weren’t here at all, than that we should come here and live in the midst of ungodliness, and suffer, and not know why.”
World English Bible Updated
and said to him, “It would have been better if we weren’t here at all, than that we should come here and live in the midst of ungodliness, and suffer, and not know why.”
SEPTUAGINTA
γνωστὸν ἔστω τῷ βασιλεῖ ὅτι οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι οἱ ἀναβάντες ἀπὸ σοῦ πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἤλθοσαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἀποστάτιν καὶ πονηράν, ἣν οἰκοδομοῦσι, καὶ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰσί, καὶ θεμελίους αὐτῆς ἀνύψωσαν.