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4 Maccabees 17:8

It would have been a worthwhile thing to have inscribed on the tomb itself these words as a memorial to those of the nation,

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
And it had been a worthy thing to have inscribed upon the tomb itself these words as a memorial to those of the nation,
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
And it had been a worth thing to have inscribed upon the tomb itself these words as a memorial to those of the nation,
Septuagint in American English (2012)