2 Maccabees 7:28 — compare Bible translations

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BrLXX Ἀξιῶ σε, τέκνον, ἀναβλέψαντα εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς πάντα ἰδόντα, γνῶναι ὅτι ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων ἐποίησεν αὐτὰ ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος οὕτως γεγένηται,
(Axiō se, teknon, anablepsanta eis ton ouranon kai taʸn gaʸn, kai ta en autois panta idonta, gnōnai hoti ex ouk ontōn epoiaʸsen auta ho Theos, kai to tōn anthrōpōn genos houtōs gegenaʸtai,)

BrTr I beseech thee, my son, look upon the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; and so was mankind made likewise.

WEBBE I beg you, my child, to lift your eyes to the sky and the earth, and to see all things that are in it, and thus to recognise that God made them not of things that were, and that the race of men in this way comes into being.

DRA I beseech thee, my son, look upon heaven and earth, and all that is in them: and consider that God made them out of nothing, and mankind also:

RV I beseech thee, my child, to lift thine eyes unto the heaven and the earth, and to see all things that are therein, and thus to recognise that God made them not of things that were, and that the race of men in this wise cometh into being.
(I beseech/implore thee/you, my child, to lift thine/your eyes unto the heaven and the earth, and to see all things that are therein, and thus to recognise that God made them not of things that were, and that the race of men in this wise cometh/comes into being.)

KJB-1769 I beseech thee, my son, look upon the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; and so was mankind made likewise.
(I beseech/implore thee/you, my son, look upon the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; and so was mankind made likewise.)

KJB-1611 I beseech thee, my sonne, looke vpon the heauen, and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not, and so was mankinde made likewise;
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Wycl Y axe, child, that thou biholde to heuene and erthe, and alle thingis that ben in hem, and vnderstonde, that God made hem of nouyt, and the kynde of men.
(I axe, child, that thou/you behold to heaven and earth, and all things that been in hem, and understand, that God made hem of naught/nothing, and the kind of men.)

Parallel 2 MAC 7:28

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