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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 5

1 Maccabees 5:57

In 4 translations

KJV
Wherefore they said, Let us also get us a name, and go fight against the heathen that are round about us.
WEB
They said, “Let’s also get us a name, and let’s go fight against the Gentiles who are around us.”
DRC
And he said: Let us also get us a name, and let us go fight against the Gentiles that are round about us.
LXXE
Wherefore they said, Let us also get us a name, and go fight against the heathen that are round about us.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
καὶ εἶπε, ποιήσωμεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἑαυτοῖς ὄνομα, καὶ πορευθῶμεν πολεμῆσαι πρὸς τὰ ἔθνη τὰ κύκλῳ ἡμῶν.

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