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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 8
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And to intreat them that they would take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude.
- WEB
- and that they should free the yoke from themselves; for they saw that the kingdom of the Greeks kept Israel in bondage.
- DRC
- And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians, for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude.
- LXXE
- and to intreat them that they would take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- καὶ τοῦ ἆραι τὸν ζυγὸν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἴδον τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν Ἑλλήνων καταδουλουμένους τὸν Ἰσραὴλ δουλείαν.