4 Maccabees 10:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Since they were unable in any way to break his spirit, they abandoned the instruments and scalped him with their fingernails in a Scythian fashion. Common English Bible In spite of this, they weren’t strong enough to break his will, so they put away their tools and tore off his scalp the way the Scythians do it—they used their fingernails. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers Not being able by any means to strangle him, they tore off his skin, together with the extreme tips of his fingers, and then dragged him to the wheel, World English Bible British Edition Not being able by any means to strangle him, they tore off his skin, together with the extreme tips of his fingers, and then dragged him to the wheel, Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Since they were not able in any way to break his spirit, they abandoned the instruments and scalped him with their fingernails in Scythian fashion. |