Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

3 Maccabees 5:22

Nor did they employ the night in sleep, so much as in contriving cruel mockeries for those deemed miserable.

Parallel Translations

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Nor did they employ the night in sleep, so much as in contriving cruel mockeries for those deemed miserable.
Septuagint in American English (2012)