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4 Maccabees 8:17

In 2 translations

WEB: Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels, and venture upon a disobedience bringing death?
LXXE8:15: Now let us consider the matter: had any of them been weak-spirited and cowardly among them, what reasonings would they have employed but such as these?

Original-language editions

LXX-Br8:15: Καί τοι λογισώμεθα· εἰ δειλόψυχοί τινες ἦσαν, καὶ ἄνανδροι ἐν αὐτοῖς, ποίοις ἂν ἐχρήσαντο λόγοις; οὐχὶ τούτοις;

Verse numbering differs between Bibles

8:17 in most Bibles