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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 2
In 4 translations
- KJV
- But said, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth will testify for us, that ye put us to death wrongfully.
- WEB
- saying, “Let’s all die in our innocence. Heaven and earth testify for us, that you put us to death unjustly.”
- DRC
- Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully.
- LXXE
- but said, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth shall testify for us, that ye put us to death wrongfully.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- λέγοντες, ἀποθάνωμεν πάντες ἐν τῇ ἁπλότητι ἡμῶν· μαρτυρεῖ ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, ὅτι ἀκρίτως ἀπόλλυτε ἡμᾶς.