4 Maccabees 2:19 — all translations

ASV Byzantine Text

For why, else, doth our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Why else did Jacob, our most wise father, censure the households of Simeon and Levi for their irrational slaughter of the entire tribe of the Shechemites, saying, “Cursed be their anger”?

Brenton English Septuagint

For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.

LXX2012 U. S. English

For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.

British English Septuagint 2012

For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Sinon, pourquoi notre très sage père Jacob a-t-il reproché à Siméon et Lévi d'avoir tué de façon irrationnelle toute la race des Sichemites, en disant : « Maudite soit leur colère ! » ?

Spanish BLL

¿Por qué otra razón nuestro padre Jacob, siendo tan sabio, regañó a Simeón y a Leví por haber matado sin pensarlo a toda la gente de Siquem, diciéndoles: “¡Maldito sea su coraje!”?

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Porque, ¿por qué otra razón nuestro sapientísimo padre Jacob culpó a Simeón y a Leví por haber matado irracionalmente a toda la raza de los siquemitas, diciendo: «¡Maldita sea su ira!»?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

For why else did our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, “Cursed be their anger!”?

World English Bible Classic

For why else did our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, “Cursed be their anger!”?

World English Bible Updated

For why else did our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, “Cursed be their anger!”?

Brenton Septuagint

Ἐπεὶ διατί ὁ πάνσοφος ἡμῶν πατὴρ Ἰακὼβ τοὺς περὶ Συμεὼν καὶ Λευὶν αἰτιᾶται, μὴ λογισμῷ τοὺς Σικιμίτας ἐθνηδὸν ἀποσφάξαντας, λέγων, ἐπικατάρατος ὁ θυμὸς αὐτῶν;