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3 Maccabees 6:21

They turned back the animals on the armed forces who followed them; and the animals trampled them and destroyed them.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
They turned back the animals upon the armed forces which followed them; and the animals trod them down, and destroyed them.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
They turned back the animals upon the armed forces which followed them; and the animals trod them down, and destroyed them.
Septuagint in American English (2012)