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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 2
In 4 translations
- KJV
- But they said, We will not come forth, neither will we do the king’s commandment, to profane the sabbath day.
- WEB
- They said, “We won’t come out. We won’t do the word of the king, to profane the Sabbath day.”
- DRC
- And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king’s edict, to profane the sabbath day.
- LXXE
- But they said, We will not come forth, neither will we do the king's commandment, to profane the sabbath day.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπον, οὐκ ἐξελευσόμεθα, οὐδὲ ποιήσομεν τὸν λόγον τοῦ βασιλέως, τοῦ βεβηλῶσαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῶν σαββάτων.