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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 16

4 Maccabees 16:1

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WEB
If, then, even a woman, and that an aged one, and the mother of seven children, endured to see her children’s torments even to death, it must be admitted that religious reasoning is master even of the emotions.
LXXE
If, then, even a woman, and that an aged one, and the mother of seven children, endured to see her children's torments even unto death, confessedly religious reasoning is master even of the passions.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Εἰ δὲ τοίνυν καὶ γυνὴ, καὶ γηραιὰ, καὶ ἑπτὰ παὶδων μήτηρ ὑπέμεινε τὰς μέχρι θανάτου βασάνους ὁρῶσα τῶν τέκνων· ὁμολογουμένως αὐτοκράτωρ ἐστὶν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.

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