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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 5
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Nevertheless God did not choose the people for the place’s sake, but the place for the people’s sake.
- WEB
- However the Lord didn’t choose the nation for the place’s sake, but the place for the nation’s sake.
- DRC
- But God did not choose the people for the place’s sake, but the place for the people’s sake.
- LXXE
- Nevertheless God did not choose the people for the place's sake, but the place for the people's sake.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀλλʼ οὐ διὰ τὸν τόπον τὸ ἔθνος, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ ἔθνος τὸν τόπον ὁ Κύριος ἐξελέξατο.