1 Maccabees 5:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And they took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to slay and destroy among the people. More versionsCommon English Bible They sought to wipe out Jacob’s descendants who lived among them. So they started to kill and destroy the people. Catholic Public Domain Version And they intended to destroy the people of Jacob that were among them, and they began to kill some of the people, and to persecute them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that were among them, and they began to kill some of the people, and to persecute them. Good News Translation (US Version) that they made up their minds to destroy all the Jews who were living among them. So they began to murder and kill our people. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers They took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the people. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition and were determined to kill every Jew who lived among them. So they started killing the Jewish people. |