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4 Maccabees 2:9

In 2 translations

WEB
If a man is greedy, he is ruled by the law acting through reasoning, so that he doesn’t glean his harvest crops or vintage. In reference to other points we may perceive that it is reasoning that conquers his emotions.
LXXE
And should a man be parsimonious, he is ruled by the law acting through reasoning; so that he does not glean his harvest crops, nor vintage: and in reference to other points we may perceive that it is reasoning that conquers his passions.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Κᾂν φειδωλός τις ᾖ, ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου κρατεῖται διὰ τὸν λογισμὸν, μήτε ἐπικαρπούμενος τοὺς ἀμητοὺς, μήτε ἐπιῤῥωγολογούμενος τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐτέρων ἔστιν ἐπιγνῶναι τοῦτο, ὅτι τῶν παθῶν ἐστιν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατῶν.

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