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Read›3 Maccabees›Chapter 1
In 2 translations
- WEB
- Not the men only, but the very walls and floor seemed to sound out, all things preferring death rather than to see the place defiled.
- LXXE
- Not the men only, the very walls and floor seemed to sound forth; all things preferring dissolution rather than to see the place defiled.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Δοκεῖν γὰρ ἦν μὴ μόνον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ τείχη καὶ τὸ πᾶν ἔδαφος ἠχεῖν, ἅτε δὴ τῶν πάντων τότε θάνατον ἀλλασσομένων ἀντὶ τῆς τοῦ τόπου βεβηλώσεως.