2 Maccabees 6:26 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men: yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither alive, nor dead. More versionsCommon English Bible Even if I escaped the punishment of human beings for the moment, I would certainly not escape the hands of the almighty—whether alive or dead. Catholic Public Domain Version But if, in the present time, I were rescued from the torments of men, I would then not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither in life, nor in death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For though, for the present time, I should be delivered from the punishments of men, yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty neither alive nor dead. Good News Translation (US Version) For the present I might be able to escape what you could do to me, but whether I live or die, I cannot escape Almighty God. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers For even if for the present time I would remove from me the punishment of men, yet whether I live or die, I wouldn’t escape the hands of the Almighty. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition I might escape torture at the hands of humans for now, but even when I am dead, I cannot escape from God All-Powerful! |