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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 12
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
- WEB
- For if he wasn’t expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would be superfluous and idle to pray for the dead.
- DRC
- (For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,)
- LXXE
- for if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- εἰ γὰρ μὴ τοὺς προπεπτωκότας ἀναστῆναι προσεδόκα, περισσὸν ἂν ἦν καὶ ληρῶδες ὑπὲρ νεκρῶν προσεύχεσθαι·