2 Esdras 5:50

50 And I asked and said, "Seeing Thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before Thee; for our mother, of whom Thou hast told me that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age."

2 Esdras 5:50 In-Context

48 Then said He unto me, "Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those who are sown in it in their times.

49 For as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created."

50 And I asked and said, "Seeing Thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before Thee; for our mother, of whom Thou hast told me that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age."

51 He answered me and said, "Ask a woman that beareth children, and she shall tell thee.

52 Say unto her, `Why are not they whom thou hast now brought forth like those that were before, but less of stature?'