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2 Esdras 6:4

In 2 translations

KJV: Or ever the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, or ever the chimneys in Sion were hot,
WEB: before the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, before the footstool of Zion was established,So the Syriac.