2 Maccabees 5:22 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition And he left governors to vex the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, for his country a Phryg´i-an, and for manners more barbarous than he that set him there; More versionsCommon English Bible He left governors who mistreated the people. In Jerusalem there was Philip of the Phrygians, who had a manner more barbarous than that of the man who appointed him. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet he left behind rulers to afflict the people. In fact, at Jerusalem, Philip was by birth a Phrygian, but he was in manners more cruel than he who had appointed him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there: Good News Translation (US Version) He appointed governors to cause trouble for the people. In Jerusalem he placed Philip, a man from Phrygia who was more evil than Antiochus himself. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers Moreover he left governors to afflict the race: at Jerusalem, Philip, by race a Phrygian, and in character more barbarous than him who set him there; Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition Antiochus picked cruel rulers to govern the people. He appointed Philip from Phrygia to be governor of Jerusalem, and this man was more of a savage than the king himself. |