This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation 2 Maccabees 11:24 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition24 We understand also that the Jews would not consent to our father, for to be brought unto the custom of the Gentiles, but had rather keep their own manner of living: for the which cause they require of us, that we should suffer them to live after their own laws. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible24 We heard that the Jews haven’t agreed to change to the Greek way of life, as our father wanted, but preferred their own way of life and asked to be permitted to have their own law. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version24 We have heard that the Jews would not consent to my father to convert to the rites of the Greeks, but that they chose to keep to their own institutions, and, because of this, that they ask of us to leave them to their own laws. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version24 And we have heard that the Jews would not consent to my father to turn to the rites of the Greeks, but that they would keep to their own manner of living, and therefore that they request us to allow them to live after their own laws. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)24 I understand that the Jews do not wish to adopt the Greek way of life, as my father had intended, but prefer their own way of life and have requested that they be allowed to live according to their own customs. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers24 we, having heard that the Jews do not consent to our father’s purpose to turn them to the customs of the Greeks, but choose rather their own way of living, and make request that the customs of their law be allowed to them— See the chapterContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition24 I know the Jews refused to obey my father, who wanted them to live like Greeks. But they have their own customs and have asked permission to live according to their laws. See the chapter |