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Read›3 Maccabees›Chapter 5
In 2 translations
- WEB
- They didn’t employ the night in sleep, but in contriving cruel mockeries for those deemed miserable.
- LXXE
- Nor did they employ the night in sleep, so much as in contriving cruel mockeries for those deemed miserable.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ οὐχ οὕτως εἰς ὕπνον κατεχρήσαντο τὸν χρόνον τῆς νυκτὸς, ὡς εἰς τὸ παντοίους μηχανᾶσθαι τοῖς ταλαιπώροις δοκοῦσιν ἐμπαιγμούς.