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Read›2 Maccabees›Chapter 6
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For it is a token of his great goodness, when wicked doers are not suffered any long time, but forthwith punished.
- WEB
- For indeed it is a sign of great kindness that those who act impiously are not let alone for a long time, but immediately meet with retribution.
- DRC
- For it is a token of great goodness when sinners are not suffered to go on in their ways for a long time, but are presently punished.
- LXXE
- For it is a token of his great goodness, when wicked doers are not suffered any longer time, but forthwith punished.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ τὸ μὴ πολὺν χρόνον ἐᾶσθαι τοὺς δυσσεβοῦντας, ἀλλʼ εὐθέως περιπίπτειν ἐπιτιμίοις, μεγάλης εὐεργεσίας σημεῖόν ἐστιν.