2 Maccabees 4:50

ASV Byzantine Text

But Menelaus through the covetous dealings of them that were in power remained still in his office, cleaving to wickedness, as a great conspirator against his fellow citizens.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae Menelaus ngawn tah a thaomnah dongah moo coeng tih a ngolhmuen ah khaw, halangnah khaw rhoeng tih, a pacaboeinah aka yoikung a lenkoek la coeng.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Menelaus autem, propter eorum qui in potentia erant avaritiam, permanebat in potestate, crescens in malitia ad insidias civium.

Brenton English Septuagint

And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Zo behield Meneláus zijn post, dank zij de hebzucht der machthebbers. Hij stapelde misdaad op misdaad, en bleef zijn medeburgers verschrikkelijk vervolgen.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And so through the covetousness of them that were in power, Menelaus continued in authority, increasing in malice to the betraying of the citizens.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And so through the covetousness of them that were in power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.

British English Septuagint 2012

And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.

Revised Version

But Menelaus through the covetous dealings of them that were in power remained still in his office, cleaving to wickedness, as a great conspirator against his fellow-citizens.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mais Ménélas, par la convoitise de ceux qui étaient au pouvoir, resta dans sa charge, croissant en méchanceté, établi comme un grand conspirateur contre ses concitoyens.

Spanish BLL

Pero Menelao, gracias a que los poderosos eran unos corruptos, se quedó en su puesto. Se volvió cada vez más malo, y se convirtió en el peor enemigo de su propia gente.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Pero Menelao, mediante los tratos codiciosos de los que estaban en el poder, permaneció aún en su cargo, creciendo en maldad, erigido como un gran conspirador contra sus conciudadanos.

Croatian Bible

Zbog lakomosti vlastodržaca Menelaj se ipak održi na vlasti; napredujući u pakosti, postade glavni protivnik svojih sugrađana.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.

World English Bible (Catholic)

But Menelaus, through the covetous dealings of those who were in power, remained still in his office, growing in wickedness, established as a great conspirator against his fellow citizens.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

But Menelaus, through the covetous dealings of those who were in power, remained still in his office, growing in wickedness, established as a great conspirator against his fellow citizens.

World English Bible Classic

But Menelaus, through the covetous dealings of those who were in power, remained still in his office, growing in wickedness, established as a great conspirator against his fellow citizens.

World English Bible Updated

But Menelaus, through the covetous dealings of those who were in power, remained still in his office, growing in wickedness, established as a great conspirator against his fellow citizens.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὁ δὲ Μενέλαος διὰ τὰς τῶν κρατούντων πλεονεξίας, ἔμενεν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς, ἐπιφυόμενος τῇ κακίᾳ, μέγας τῶν πολιτῶν ἐπίβουλος καθεστώς.

Mashi Bible

Menelasi anaciyôrhera oku ntebe erhi kuziga birugu by’abarhambo kurhuma; ajà ayûshûka omu mabî anabà mushombanyi bwenêne w’abayûbakanwa cihugo ciguma.

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