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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 12

4 Maccabees 12:6

In 2 translations

WEB
Having thus exhorted him, he sent for the boy’s mother, that, by showing compassion to her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her, through the hope of safety, to make the survivor obedient.
LXXE
And having thus exhorted him, he sent for the mother of the boy; that, by condoling with her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her, through the hope of safety, to render the survivor obedient.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Καὶ ταῦτα παρακαλῶν, τὴν μητέρα τοῦ παιδὸς μετεπέμψατο, ὄπως αὐτὴν ἐμεήσαν υἱῶν στερηθῖσαν παρορμήσειεν ἐπὶ τὴν μσωτηρίαν, εὐπειθῆ τὸν περιλειπόμενον.

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