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Douay-Rheims
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And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:
King James
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And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
Louis Second
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Je dis aux grands, aux magistrats, et au reste du peuple: L'ouvrage est considérable et étendu, et nous sommes dispersés sur la muraille, éloignés les uns des autres
Martin Luther
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Und ich sprach zu den Ratsherren und Obersten und zum andern Volk. Das Werk ist groß und weit, und wir sind zerstreuet auf der Mauer, ferne voneinander.
Vulgate
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et dixi ad optimates et ad magistratus et ad reliquam partem vulgi opus grande est et latum et nos separati sumus in muro procul alter ab altero

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


optimates : the aristocratic party.
optimates : magnates, great lords, the best people, the upper class.
opus : deed, labor.
nos : we /WE live and die by that creed.
nos : us /they tried to tell US we're too young.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
procul : far, at, to, from a distance.
alter : (adv.) otherwise.