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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 5
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.
- WEB
- Then there was killing of young and old, destruction of boys, women, and children, and slaying of virgins and infants.
- DRC
- Thus there was a slaughter of young and old, a destruction of women children, and killing of virgins and infants.
- LXXE
- Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐγίνοντο δὲ νέων καὶ πρεσβυτέρων ἀναιρέσιες, ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν καὶ τέκνων ἀφανισμὸς, παρθένων τε καὶ νηπίων σφαγαί.