Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

4 Maccabees 8:16

O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?

Parallel Translations

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O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
Septuagint in American English (2012)
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“O wretched that we are, and exceedingly senseless! When the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
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