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4 Maccabees 4:9

The priests, with the women and children, asked God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place,

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
And the priests, with the women and children, having supplicated God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place,
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
And the priests, with the women and children, having supplicated God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place,
Septuagint in American English (2012)