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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 9
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.
- WEB
- The man who a little before supposed himself to touch the stars of heaven, no one could endure to carry because of his intolerable stench.
- DRC
- And the man that thought a little to before he could reach the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry, for the intolerable stench.
- LXXE
- And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ τὸν μικρῷ πρότερον τῶν οὐρανίων ἄστρων ἅπτεσθαι δοκοῦντα, παρακομίζειν οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο, διὰ τὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς ἀφόρητον βάρος.