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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 5
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the people.
- WEB
- They took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the people.
- DRC
- And they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that were among them, and they began to kill some of the people, and to persecute them.
- LXXE
- Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the people.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐβουλεύσαντο τοῦ ἆραι τὸ γένος Ἰακὼβ τοὺς ὄντας ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἤρξαντο τοῦ θανατοῦν ἐν τῷ λαῷ καὶ ἐξαίρειν.