2 Maccabees 15:33 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³³ And when he had cut out the tongue of that ungodly Nica´nor, he commanded that they should give it by pieces unto the fowls, and hang up the reward of his madness before the temple.

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Common English Bible

³³ He cut out the tongue of the ungodly Nicanor and ordered that it be given to the birds in pieces, and he hung the rewards of his stupidity in front of the temple.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³³ He even ordered now that the tongue of the impious Nicanor should be cut up and given in pieces to the birds, but that the hand of this demented man should be suspended opposite the temple.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³³ He commanded also, that the tongue of the wicked Nicanor, should be cut out and given by pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to be hanged up over against the temple.

Good News Translation (US Version)

³³ Then he cut out the tongue of that godless man, promising to feed it bit by bit to the birds and to hang up his head opposite the Temple, as evidence of what his foolishness did for him.

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

³³ and cutting out the tongue of the impious Nicanor, he said that he would give it in pieces to the birds, and hang up these rewards of his folly near the sanctuary.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

³³ Finally, he cut out the tongue of this worthless man and said, “I am going to feed it piece by piece to the birds. Then I am going to nail his head and arm on the wall of the fortress opposite the temple, as proof of his foolishness.”

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