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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 8
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For it was the day before the sabbath, and therefore they would no longer pursue them.
- WEB
- for it was the day before the Sabbath, and for this reason they made no effort to chase them far.
- DRC
- But they came back for want of time: for it was the day before the sabbath: and therefore they did not continue the pursuit.
- LXXE
- for it was the day before the sabbath, and therefore they would no longer pursue them.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἦν γὰρ ἡ πρὸ τοῦ σαββάτου, διʼ ἥν αἰτίαν οὐκ ἐμακροθύμησαν κατατρέχοντες αὐτούς.