What is the matter with you? And why are you troubled? And why are your understanding and the thoughts of your mind troubled?: Uriel’s response to Ezra’s condition is much like Ezra’s response to the sight of the weeping woman in 2 Esd 9.42. The last two questions are similar in meaning, so Good News Bible combines them. Good News Bible provides a good model for this verse, and so does Contemporary English Version, which says:

• “What’s wrong, Ezra? Why are you so confused and upset?”

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.