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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 1

1 Maccabees 1:56

In 4 translations

KJV
And when they had rent in pieces the books of the law which they found, they burnt them with fire.
WEB
They tore the books of the law which they found in pieces and set them on fire.
DRC1:59
And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God:
LXXE
And when they had rent in pieces the books of the law which they found, they burnt them with fire.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Καὶ τὰ βιβλία τοῦ νόμου ἃ εὗρον, ἐνεπύρισαν πυρὶ κατασχίσαντες.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 1:56 in most Bibles

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