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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 5
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And sent letters unto Judas and his brethren, The heathen that are round about us are assembled together against us to destroy us:
- WEB
- and sent letters to Judas and his kindred, saying, “The Gentiles who are around us are gathered together against us to destroy us.
- DRC
- And they sent letters to Judas and his brethren, saying, The heathens that are round about are gathered together against us, to destroy us:
- LXXE
- and sent letters unto Judas and his brethren, saying, The heathen that are round about us are assembled together against us to destroy us:
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀπέστειλαν γράμματα πρὸς Ἰούδαν καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, λέγοντες, ἐπισυνηγμένα ἐστὶν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς τὰ ἔθνη τὰ κύκλῳ ἡμῶν τοῦ ἐξᾶραι ἡμᾶς.