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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 12

1 Maccabees 12:53

In 4 translations

KJV
Then all the heathen that were round about then sought to destroy them: for said they, They have no captain, nor any to help them: now therefore let us make war upon them, and take away their memorial from among men.
WEB
And all the Gentiles who were around them sought to destroy them utterly; for they said, “They have no ruler nor anyone to help them. Now therefore let’s fight against them, and take away their memory from among men.”
DRC12:54
Then all the heathens that were round about them, sought to destroy them. For they said: They have no prince, nor any to help them: now therefore let us make war upon them, and take away the memory of them from amongst men.
LXXE
Then all the heathen that were round about them sought to destroy them: for said they, They have no captain, nor any to help them: now therefore let us make war upon them, and take away their memorial from among men.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐζήτησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ κύκλῳ αὐτῶν ἐκτρίψαι αὐτούς· εἶπαν γάρ, οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἄρχοντα καὶ βοηθοῦντα· νῦν οὖν πολεμήσωμεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐξάρωμεν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 12:53a in most Bibles
  • 12:53b in most Bibles

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