4 Maccabees 9:1
In 2 translations
- WEB
- “Why do you delay, O tyrant? For we are more ready to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
- LXXE
- Why delayest thou, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Τί μέλλεις, ὦ τύραννε; ἕτοιμοι γάρ ἐσμεν ἀποθνήσκειν, ἢ παραβαίνειν τὰς πατρίους ἡμῶν ἐντολάς.