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4 Maccabees 8:7

In 2 translations

WEB
and, conforming to the Greek way of life, alter your rule and revel in youth’s delights.
LXXE8:5
but I do beg you to yield, and to enjoy my friendship; for I possess the power, not only of punishing those who disobey my commands, but of doing good to those who obey them.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br8:5
ἀλλὰ καὶ παρακαλῶ συνείξαντας τῆς ἐμῆς ἀπολαῦσαι φιλίας· δυναίμην γὰρ ὥσπερ κολάζειν τοὺς ἐπιτάγμασιν, σὕτως καὶ εὐεργετεῖν τοὺς εὐπειθοῦντάς μοι.
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  • 8:7 in most Bibles

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