Parallel 1MA 3:18

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BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν Ἰούδας, εὔκοπόν ἐστι συγκλεισθῆναι πολλοὺς ἐν χερσὶν ὀλίγων· καὶ οὐκ ἔστι διαφορὰ ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ σώζειν ἐν πολλοῖς ἢ ἐν ὀλίγοις.
(Kai eipen Youdas, eukopon esti sugkleisthaʸnai pollous en ⱪersin oligōn; kai ouk esti diafora enantion tou Theou tou ouranou sōzein en pollois aʸ en oligois. )

BrTr Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company;

WEBBE Judas said, “It is an easy thing for many to be hemmed in by the hands of a few. With[fn] heaven it is all one, to save by many or by few;

3:18 Some ancient authorities read the God of heaven.

KJB-1611 [fn]Unto whom Iudas answered: It is no hard matter for many to bee shut vp in the hands of a few; and with the God of heauen it is all one, to deliuer with a great multitude, or a small company:
(Unto whom Yudas answered: It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company:)

3:18 1.Sam.14. 6. 2. chron. 14.11.