2 Maccabees 9:14 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

that the holy city (to the which he was going in haste, to lay it even with the ground, and to make it a common burying place,) he would set at liberty:

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Common English Bible

the holy city, to which he was rushing to knock down to the ground and turn into a mass cemetery, was now free.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the city, to which he was going in haste to pull it down to the ground and to make it a mass grave, he now wanted to make free.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the city to which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground, and to make it a, common buryingplace, he now desireth to make free.

Good News Translation (US Version)

“I once intended to level Jerusalem to the ground and make that holy city a graveyard full of Jews,” he said, “but now I declare it a free city.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

that the holy city, to which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground and to make it a common graveyard, he would declare free.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Recently, I planned to trample down the holy city of Jerusalem and to turn it into a pile of Jewish bones. But now I give you my word that Jerusalem will be a free city.

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