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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 16

4 Maccabees 16:17

In 2 translations

WEB
For it would be disgraceful if this old man endured pains for the sake of righteousness, and that you who are younger would be afraid of the tortures.
LXXE
For it were disgraceful that this old man should endure pains for the sake of righteousness, and that you who are younger should be afraid of the tortures.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Καὶ γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τὸν μὴν γέροντα τοῦτον ὑπομένειν τὰς διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἀληδόνας, ὑμᾶς δὲ τοὺς νεωτέρους καταπλαγῆναι τὰς βασάνους.

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