After this I saw the same man come down from the mountain and call to him another multitude which was peaceable: Here the great throng of people, unlike the warlike nations, is God’s own people, including the ten northern tribes of Israel lost to the Assyrians centuries earlier (see the interpretation in verses 39-43). Good News Bible provides a good model for this verse, and so does Contemporary English Version, which says:

• I watched as the man from the sea came down from the mountain and called together a different crowd of people—a peaceful crowd.

Another possible model is:

• Then I watched as the man from the sea came down from the mountain and called together a different crowd of people. These were all peaceful people.

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.