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GNV1560

2 Maccabees 6:8

Moreouer through the counsel of Ptolemeus, there went out a commandement vnto the next cities of the heathen against the Iewes, that the like custome, and banketting shulde be kept.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Moreover there went out a decree to the neighbour cities of the heathen, by the suggestion of Ptolemee, against the Jews, that they should observe the same fashions, and be partakers of their sacrifices:
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Moreover there went out a decree to the neighbor cities of the heathen, by the suggestion of Ptolemee, against the Jews, that they should observe the same fashions, and be partakers of their sacrifices:
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Moreover there went out a decree to the neighbour cities of the heathen, by the suggestion of Ptolemee, against the Jews, that they should observe the same fashions, and be partakers of their sacrifices:
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
A decree went out to the neighboring Greek cities, by the suggestion of Ptolemy, that they should observe the same conduct against the Jews, and should make them eat of the sacrifices,
World English Bible