2 Maccabees 12:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition and took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaughters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, being filled full, was seen running with blood. Flere versionerCommon English Bible They took the city by God’s will and killed so many men that a nearby lake a quarter of a mile wide appeared to be filled with blood. Catholic Public Domain Version And, having captured the city through the will of the Lord, he made a slaughter without number, so much so that an adjoining pool, two stadia in width, was seen to flow with the blood of the slain. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And having taken the city by the will of the Lord, he made an unspeakable slaughter, so that a pool adjoining of two furlongs broad seemed to run with the blood of the slain. Good News Translation (US Version) and because it was God's will, they captured the city. The Jews slaughtered so many people that a nearby lake, which was about a quarter of a mile wide, seemed to be overflowing with blood. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers Having taken the city by the will of God, they made unspeakable slaughter, so much that the adjoining lake, which was two furlongs broad, appeared to be filled with the deluge of blood. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition because God wanted them to capture it. They killed countless enemies—so many that a nearby lake, which was 370 meters wide, seemed to be filled with blood. |