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2 Maccabees 13:9

In 4 translations

KJV
Now the king came with a barbarous and haughty mind to do far worse to the Jews, than had been done in his father’s time.
WEB
Now the king, infuriated in spirit, was coming with intent to inflict on the Jews the very worst of the sufferings that had been done in his father’s time.Some authorities read indignant.
DRC
But the king, with his mind full of rage, came on to shew himself worse to the Jews than his father was.
LXXE
Now the king came with a barbarous and haughty mind to do far worse to the Jews, than had been done in his father's time.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Τοῖς δὲ φρονήμασιν ὁ βασιλεὺς βεβαρβαρωμένος ἤρχετο, τὰ χείριστα τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ γεγονότων ἐνδειξόμενος τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις.

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