ASV Byzantine Text
I answered then and said, this is my first and last saying, that it had been better that the earth had not given thee Adam: or else, when it had given him, to have restrained him from sinning.
2 Esdras 7:116
8 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon
Revised Version
I answered then and said, this is my first and last saying, that it had been better that the earth had not given thee Adam: or else, when it had given him, to have restrained him from sinning.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Je répondis alors : « Voici ce que je dis en premier et en dernier lieu : il aurait mieux valu que la terre ne produise pas Adam, ou que, quand elle l'aurait produit, elle l'empêche de pécher.
Spanish BLL
Entonces le contesté: “Mi última palabra es esta, la que dije desde el principio: Le hubiera ido mucho mejor a la tierra si no hubiera sacado a Adán; o ya de perdida, ya que lo sacó, que no le hubiera dado chance de andar pecando.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
Respondí entonces: «Este es mi primer y último dicho: que hubiera sido mejor que la tierra no hubiera producido a Adán, o que, habiéndolo producido, le hubiera impedido pecar.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
I answered then, “This is my first and last saying, that it would have been better if the earth had not produced Adam, or else, when it had produced him, to have restrained him from sinning.
World English Bible Classic
I answered then, “This is my first and last saying, that it would have been better if the earth had not produced Adam, or else, when it had produced him, to have restrained him from sinning.
World English Bible Updated
I answered then, “This is my first and last saying, that it would have been better if the earth had not produced Adam, or else, when it had produced him, to have restrained him from sinning.