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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 6
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gentiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present misery.
- WEB
- and that they should kill those who didn’t choose to go over to the Greek rites. So the present misery was for all to see.
- DRC
- And whosoever would not conform themselves to the ways of the Gentiles, should be put to death: then was misery to be seen.
- LXXE
- and whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gentiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present misery.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- τοὺς δὲ μὴ προαιρουμένους μεταβαίνειν ἐπὶ τὰ Ἑλληνικὰ, κατασφάζειν· παρῆν οὖν ὁρᾷν τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ταλαιπωρίαν.