1 Maccabees 2:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Then many that sought after justice and judgement went down into the wilderness, to dwell there,

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Common English Bible

At that time, many who sought righteousness and justice went to live in the desert.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then many who sought judgment and justice went down into the desert.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then many that sought after judgment, and justice, went down into the desert:

Good News Translation (US Version)

At that time also many of the Israelites who were seeking to be right with God through obedience to the Law went out to live in the wilderness, taking their children, their wives, and their livestock with them, because of the terrible oppression they were suffering.

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

Then many who sought justice and judgment went down into the wilderness to live there—

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Many of the Jews were now in serious trouble for trying to obey God and live right. So they took their families and livestock and moved to the desert.

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