1 Maccabees 1:12 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² In those days, there went forth from Israel sons of iniquity, and they persuaded many, saying: "Let us go and negotiate a covenant with the Gentiles that are all around us. For since we have withdrawn from them, many evils have found us."

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Common English Bible

¹² The proposal pleased their fellow Jews.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² In those days there went out of Israel wicked men, and they persuaded many, saying: Let us go, and make a covenant with the heathens that are round about us: for since we departed from them, many evils have befallen us.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹² This proposal appealed to many people,

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

¹² That proposal was good in their eyes.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹² Many of the people thought this was a good idea,

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