4 Maccabees 6:34 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

It is right for us to acknowledge the dominance of reason when it masters even external agonies. It would be ridiculous to deny it.

Common English Bible

It’s only right for us to affirm that clear thinking has greater power when it has gained control over the response to physical pain. It would be ridiculous to say anything else.

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

It is only fair that we should allow that the power belongs to reasoning, since it masters external miseries.

World English Bible British Edition

It is only fair that we should allow that the power belongs to reasoning, since it masters external miseries.

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And it is right for us to acknowledge the dominance of reason when it masters even external agonies. It would be ridiculous to deny it.

4 Maccabees 6:34 Cross References