The Book of Mormon

Ether 3:25

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~2200 BC

1830 Edition

And when the Lord had said these words, the Lord shewed unto the brother of Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that would be; and the Lord withheld them not from his sight, even unto the ends of the earth:

Influences

Daniel 4:35 (KJV)
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

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And when the Lord had said these words, the Lord sheowed unto the brother of Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that would be; and the Lord withheld them not from his sight, even unto the ends of the earth:.

Simple English

After the Lord said this, he showed the brother of Jared everyone who had lived on earth. He also showed him everyone who would live. The Lord didn’t hide anything from him. He showed him everything to the ends of the earth.

Paraphrase

After the Lord said this, he showed the brother of Jared all the people who had ever lived on earth, and all who would live. The Lord held nothing back from his sight—not even to the ends of the earth.

Notes

3:25

"In Smith's 1832 account he speaks of "the inhabitants of the earth.' This biblical phrase is in Daniel 3:5...(see also 2 Nephi 28:16). The same phrase is used repeatedly in the Doctrine and Covenants (43:28; 62:5; 71:4)." -Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 39.

See 1 Nephi 1:1, 2 Nephi 26:15, and Omni 1:20 as other examples of Smith's common phrases.