2 Maccabees 7:1 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine's flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips. More versionsCommon English Bible There were also seven brothers who were arrested along with their mother. The king was trying to compel them to eat the forbidden pork by torturing them with whips and cords. Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened also that seven brothers, united with their mother, were apprehended and compelled by the king to eat the flesh of swine against divine law, being tormented with scourges and whips. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It came to pass also, that seven brethren, together with their mother, were apprehended, and compelled by the king to eat swine's flesh against the law, for which end they were tormented with whips and scourges. Good News Translation (US Version) On another occasion a Jewish mother and her seven sons were arrested. The king was having them beaten to force them to eat pork. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers It came to pass that seven brothers and their mother were at the king’s command taken and shamefully handled with scourges and cords, to compel them to taste of the abominable swine’s flesh. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition King Antiochus once arrested seven Jewish brothers and their mother. He had them beaten with heavy whips and tried to make them eat the meat of pigs, which is against our laws. |