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LXX2012

2 Maccabees 12:40

Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause therefore they were slain.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they were slain.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they were slain.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
But under the garments of each one of the dead they found consecrated tokens of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to have anything to do with. It became clear to all that it was for this cause that they had fallen.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Now vnder the coates of euerie one, that was slayne, they founde iewels that had bene consecrate to the idoles of the *Iamnites, which thing is forbidden the Iewes by the Law. Then euerie man sawe, that this was the cause wherefore thei were slayne.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha