4 Maccabees 13:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For if they had been slaves to their passions and had eaten defiling food, we would say that they had been conquered by these passions. Common English Bible If they had shown that they were slaves to their emotions by eating the polluting food, we would have admitted that they were conquered by the emotions. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers For just as if they had eaten of the unholy as slaves to the emotions, we would have said that they had been conquered by them. World English Bible British Edition For just as if they had eaten of the unholy as slaves to the emotions, we would have said that they had been conquered by them. Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) For if they had been slaves to their emotions and had eaten defiling food, we would say that they had been conquered by these emotions. |