3 Maccabees 5:41
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For this cause the feeling of expectation causes tumult in the city: it swarms with factions; and is continually on the point of being plundered.
Greek · Brenton
Ὧν χάριν ἡ πόλις διὰ τὴν προσδοκίαν ὀχλεῖ· καὶ πληθύουσα συστροφαῖς, ἤδη καὶ κινδυνεύει πολλάκις διαρπασθῆναι.