Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX2012

1 Maccabees 12:4

Upon this the Romans gave them letters to the governors of every place that they should bring them into the land of Judea peaceably.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Upon this [the Romans] gave them letters unto the governors of every place, that they should bring them into the land of Judea peaceably.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
Upon this the Romans gave them letters unto the governors of every place that they should bring them into the land of Judea peaceably.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
They gave them letters to the men in every place, that they should provide safe conduct for them on their way to the land of Judah.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
So the Romaines gaue them fre pasports, that men shulde lead them home into the land of Iuda peaceably.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha