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2 Esdras 8:5

In 2 translations

KJV: For thou hast agreed to give ear, and art willing to prophesy: for thou hast no longer space than only to live.
WEB: For you have come here apart from your will, and depart against your will, for you have only been given a short time to live.So the Syriac. The Latin is incorrect.