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2 Maccabees 6:1

NOt long after this, sent the King an olde man of Athens, for to compell the Iewes, to transgresse the Lawes of the fathers, and not to be gouerned by the Law of God,

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Not long after this, the king sent out an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and not to live by the laws of God,
World English Bible