The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 5:34

1830 Edition

And it sufficeth me to say, that forty years had passed away, and we had already had wars and contentions with our brethren.

Changes

And it sufficeth me to say, that forty years had passed away, and we had already had wars and contentions with our brethren.

Simple English

Forty years had passed. We had already had wars and fights with our brothers.

Paraphrase

It’s enough to say that forty years had passed, and we’d already fought wars with our brothers.