4 Maccabees 2:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² It overrules love for children so that one punishes them for misdeeds.

Common English Bible

¹² It rules love for children by punishing them when they do wrong.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

¹² It lords it over the love of parents toward their children, for they punish them for vice. It domineers over the intimacy of friends, reproving them when wicked.

World English Bible British Edition

¹² It lords it over the love of parents towards their children, for they punish them for vice. It domineers over the intimacy of friends, reproving them when wicked.

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² It takes precedence over love for children, so that one punishes them for misdeeds.

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