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4 Maccabees 6:20

It would be disgraceful if we would live on some short time, and that scorned by all men for cowardice,

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LXXView canonical →
It would be disgraceful if we should live on some short time, and that scorned by all men for cowardice,
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
It would be disgraceful if we should live on some short time, and that scorned by all men for cowardice,
Septuagint in American English (2012)
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