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2 Esdras 8:14

In 2 translations

KJV: If therefore thou shalt destroy him which with so great labour was fashioned, it is an easy thing to be ordained by thy commandment, that the thing which was made might be preserved.
WEB: If therefore you lightly and suddenly destroy him which with so great labor was fashioned by your commandment, to what purpose was he made?So the Syriac. The Latin is incorrect.