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2 Esdras 16:24

There will be no farmer left to cultivate the earth or to sow it.

Parallel Translations

KJVView canonical →
There shall be no man left to till the earth, and to sow it
King James Version
GNV1560View canonical →
Or as when a vineyarde is gathered, there are left some grapes of them that diligently soght thorowe the vineyarde:
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha