JDT 4:7 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX λέγων, διακατασχεῖν τὰς ἀναβάσεις τῆς ὀρεινῆς, ὅτι διʼ αὐτῶν ἦν ἡ εἴσοδος εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν· καὶ ἦν εὐχερῶς διακωλύσαι αὐτοὺς προσβαίνοντας, στενῆς τῆς προσβάσεως οὔσης, ἐπʼ ἄνδρας τοὺς πάντας δύο.
(legōn, diakatasⱪein tas anabaseis taʸs oreinaʸs, hoti diʼ autōn aʸn haʸ eisodos eis taʸn Youdaian; kai aʸn euⱪerōs diakōlusai autous prosbainontas, stenaʸs taʸs prosbaseōs ousaʸs, epʼ andras tous pantas duo. )

BrTr charging them to keep the passages of the hill country: for by them there was an entrance into Judea, and it was easy to stop them that would come up, because the passage was strait, for two men at the most.

WEBBE charging them to seize upon the ascents of the hill country; because by them was the entrance into Judea, and it was easy to stop them from approaching, inasmuch as the approach was narrow, with space for two men at the most.

KJB-1611 [fn]Charging them to keepe the passages of the hill countrey: for by them there was an entrance into Iudea, and it was easie to stoppe them that would come vp, because the passage was strait for two men at the most.
(Charging them to keep the passages of the hill country: for by them there was an entrance into Yudea, and it was easie to stoppe them that would come up, because the passage was strait for two men at the most.)

4:7 Or, two against all.

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