2 Maccabees 14:8

 

“First, verily for the unfeigned care I have of things pertaining to the king; and secondly, even for that I intend the good of mine own countrymen: for all our nation is in no small misery through the unadvised dealing of them aforersaid.”
King James Version (KJV)



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Other Translations of 2 Maccabees 14:8

First verily for the vnfained care I haue of things pertaining to the king, and secondly, euen for that I intend the good of mine owne countrey men: for all our nation is in no small misery, through the vnaduised dealing of them aforesaid.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original 2 Maccabees chapter 14

Principally indeed out of fidelity to the king's interests, but in the next place also to provide for the good of my countrymen: for all our nation suffereth much from the evil proceedings of those men.
- Douay Rheims Bible


 


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