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4 Maccabees 8:16

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

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
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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