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Simple verse list for 2 MAC 2:24

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Because having in view the confused mass of the numbers, and the[fn] difficulty which awaits those who would enter into the narratives of the history, by reason of the abundance of the matter,

WEBBE For having in view the confused mass of the numbers, and the[fn] difficulty which awaits those who would enter into the narratives of the history, by reason of the abundance of the matter,

DRA (MA2 2:25) For considering the multitude of books, and the difficulty that they find that desire to undertake the narrations of histories, because of the multitude of the matter,

RV For having in view the confused mass of the numbers, and the [fn] difficulty which awaiteth them that would enter into the narratives of the history, by reason of the abundance of the matter,

KJB-1769 For considering the infinite number, and the difficulty which they find that desire to look into the narrations of the story, for the variety of the matter,

KJB-1611 For considering the infinite number, and the difficulty, which they find that desire to looke into the narrations of the story, for the variety of y^e matter,
  (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Wycl (MA2 2:25) Forsothe we bihelden the multitude and hardnesse of bookis, to men willynge for to bigynne the tellyngis of stories, for multitude of thingis;
  (For_certain/Truly we beheld the multitude and hardness of books, to men willing for to begin the tellings of stories, for multitude of things;)

BrLXX Συνορῶντες γὰρ τὸ χύμα τῶν ἀριθμῶν, καὶ τὴν οὖσαν δυσχέρειαν τοῖς θέλουσιν εἰσκυκλεῖσθαι τοῖς τῆς ἱστορίας διηγήμασι διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς ὕλης,

BrTr For considering the infinite number, and the difficulty which they find that desire to look into the narrations of the story, for the variety of the matter,

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