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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 14
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Their enemies prepared to invade their country, that they might destroy it, and lay hands on the sanctuary:
- WEB
- Their enemies planned to invade their country, that they might destroy their country utterly, and stretch out their hands against their sanctuary.
- DRC
- And their enemies desired to tread down and destroy their country, and to stretch forth their hands against their holy places.
- LXXE
- their enemies purposed to invade their country, that they might destroy it, and lay hands on the sanctuary:
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐβουλήθησαν οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐμβατεῦσαι εἰς τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν, τοῦ ἐκτρίψαι τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκτεῖναι χεῖρας ἐπὶ τὰ ἅγια αὐτῶν·