4 Maccabees 8:24
In 2 translations
- WEB
- The law itself wouldn’t arbitrarily put us to death because we dread torture.
- LXXE8:22
- Why withdraw ourselves from a most sweet life, and deprive ourselves of this pleasant world?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br8:22
- Τί ἐξάγομεν ἑαυτοὺς τοῦ ἡδίστου βίου, καὶ ἐπιστεροῦμεν ἐαυτοὺς τοῦ γλυκέος κόσμου;
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:24 in most Bibles