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LXX

1 Esdras 7:15

for that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
because he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord, the God of Israel.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Because he had turned the counsel of the King of the Assyrians towardes them to strengthen their hands in the workes of the Lord God of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha