2 Esdras 13:20

20 Yet it is better to encounter these things, even incurring danger, than to pass from the world like a cloud and not see what happens at the end."

2 Esdras 13:20 In-Context

18 since they now know what lies in store for the last days, but they won't live to see them. But how terrible it will be also for those who are left,

19 for that very reason! They will see great dangers, and there will be many kinds of distress, as these dreams show.

20 Yet it is better to encounter these things, even incurring danger, than to pass from the world like a cloud and not see what happens at the end."

21 He answered me, “I will tell you the interpretation of the dream as well, and I will explain to you the things you spoke about.

22 As to what you said about those who are left, this is the interpretation:

Footnotes

• [a]. Syr; Lat easier