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Read›3 Maccabees›Chapter 2
In 2 translations
- WEB
- see now, holy King, how through our many and great sins we are crushed and made subject to our enemies, and have become weak and powerless.
- LXXE
- see now, holy King, how through our many and great sins we are borne down, and made subject to our enemies, and are become weak and powerless.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- ἰδοὺ δὴ νῦν, ἅγιε βασιλεῦ, διὰ τὰς πολλὰς καὶ μεγάλας ἡμῶν ἁμαρτίας καταπονούμεθα, καὶ ὑπετάγημεν τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἡμῶν, καὶ παρείμεθα ἐν ἀδυναμίαις.