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Read›4 Maccabees›Chapter 3
In 2 translations
- WEB
- For the temperate mind has power to conquer the pressure of the emotions, to quench the fires of excitement,
- LXXE
- For the temperate mind has power to conquer the pressure of the passions, and to quench the fires of excitement,
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Δυνατὸς γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦς νικῆσαι τὰς τῶν παθῶν ἀνάγκας, καὶ σβέσαι τὰς τῶν οἴστρων φλεγμονὰς, καὶ τὰς τῶν σωμάτων ἀλγηδόνας καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν οὔσας καταπαλαῖσαι,