2 Maccabees 6:29 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition they that led him changing the good will they bare him a little before into hatred, because the foresaid speeches proceeded, as they thought, from a desperate mind. More versionsCommon English Bible Those who had shown goodwill toward him earlier now felt hostility toward him, because the words he had spoken seemed insane to them. Catholic Public Domain Version But those who led him, and who were more mild a little before, were turned to anger because of the words spoken by him, which they considered to have been brought forth by way of arrogance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they that led him, and had been a little before more mild, were changed to wrath for the words he had spoken, which they thought were uttered out of arrogancy. Good News Translation (US Version) and the very people who had treated him kindly a few minutes before, now turned against him, because they thought he had spoken like a madman. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers When they changed the good will they bore toward him a little before into ill will because these words of his were, as they thought, sheer madness, Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition But the same men who had earlier been kind to him now sneered, because they thought he was talking nonsense. |