1 Maccabees 5:2
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CEB
They sought to wipe out Jacob’s descendants who lived among them. So they started to kill and destroy the people.
DRA
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.
GNT
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.
NABRE
So they decided to destroy the descendants of Jacob who were among them, and they began to kill and eradicate the people.
NCB
They determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who were living in their midst, and they began to persecute and massacre the people.
NRSVA
and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people.
NRSVACE
and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people.
NRSVCE
and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people.
NRSVUE
and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people.
RSV
and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people.
RSVCE
and they determined to destroy the descendants of Jacob who lived among them. So they began to kill and destroy among the people.
WYC
And they thought for to do away, either destroy, the kin of Jacob, that was among them; and they began for to slay of the people, and pursue (after them).
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