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4 Maccabees 9:1

“Why do you delay, O tyrant? For we are more ready to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Why delayest thou, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Why delay you, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
Septuagint in American English (2012)