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4 Maccabees 3:2

in such a way as that any one of you may not be able to root out desire, but reasoning will enable you to avoid being enslaved to it.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
in such a way as that any one of you may not be able to root out desire, but reasoning will enable you to avoid being enslaved to it.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
in such a way as that any one of you may not be able to root out desire, but reasoning will enable you to avoid being enslaved to it.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
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