He replied to me, “Ask a woman who bears children, and she will tell you: God tells Ezra to ask any woman who has borne children for an answer to his questions about the age of the earth. Good News Bible provides a very helpful model for this verse.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.