Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

1 Maccabees 5:2

Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the people.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the people.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Therefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to kill and destroy the people.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
They took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the people.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Therefore they thoght to destroie the generacion of Iacob that was among them, and beganne to slaye and destroy the people.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha