2 Maccabees 6:25 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition and so they through mine hypocrisy, and desire to live a little time and a moment longer, should be deceived by me, and I get a stain to mine old age, and make it abominable. More versionsCommon English Bible If I acted out this charade for the sake of living a moment longer, I would mislead them, and I would be defiled and dishonored in my old age. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, they, because of my pretense and for the sake of a brief time of a corruptible life, would be misled, and, through this stain and desecration, I would defile my last years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And so they, through my dissimulation, and for a little time of a corruptible life, should be deceived, end hereby I should bring a stain and a curse upon my old age. Good News Translation (US Version) If I pretended to eat this meat, just to live a little while longer, it would bring shame and disgrace on me and lead many young people astray. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers and so they, by reason of my deception, and for the sake of this brief and momentary life, would be led astray because of me, and I defile and disgrace myself in my old age. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition I might live a little longer, but I would cause our young people to deny their faith, and I would end up a shameful, disgusting old man. |