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LXX2012

2 Maccabees 9:10

And the man, that thought a little before he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
The man who a little before supposed himself to touch the stars of heaven, no one could endure to carry because of his intolerable stench.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Thus no man colde beare because of his stinke, him that a litle afore thoght he might reach to the starres of heauen.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha