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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 3
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.
- WEB
- and opened the book of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols.
- DRC
- And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols:
- LXXE
- and laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐξεπέτασαν τὸ βιβλίον τοῦ νόμου, περὶ ὧν ἐξηρεύνων τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ὁμοιώματα τῶν εἰδώλων αὐτῶν.