LXX 2 Macc 5:19
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LXX 2 Macc 5:19 Ancient Greek
Septuagint (Swete) — 2 Maccabees
ἀλλʼ οὐ διὰ τὸν τόπον τὸ ἔθνος, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ ἔθνος τὸν τόπον ὁ κύριος ἐξελέξατο.
But God did not choose the people for the place's sake, but the place for the people's sake.
English: Douay-Rheims (translated from the Vulgate; Greek/Latin numbering)
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LXX 2 Macc 5:19 — Septuagint, ed. H. B. Swete (1909–30), digitised by First1KGreek / nathans/lxx-swete (CC BY-SA 4.0)