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2 Maccabees 9:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 9:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 But the all-seeing Lord, the God of Israel, struck him with an incurable and invisible blow. As soon as he stopped speaking, he was seized with a pain in his bowels for which there was no relief and with sharp internal tortures(A)—
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2 Maccabees 9:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 9:6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 and that very justly, for he had tortured the bowels of others with many and strange inflictions.
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2 Maccabees 9:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 9:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 And so the ungodly man’s body swarmed with worms, and while he was still living in anguish and pain, his flesh rotted away, and because of the stench the whole army felt revulsion at his decay.(A)
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