4 Maccabees 8:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Why does such contentiousness excite us and such a fatal stubbornness please us, when we can live in peace if we obey the king?”

Common English Bible

Why are we eager to fight a losing battle or so interested in being stubborn when we know it will kill us? We can enjoy a trouble-free life if we just obey the king!”

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

But the young men didn’t say or think anything of this kind when about to be tortured.

World English Bible British Edition

But the young men didn’t say or think anything of this kind when about to be tortured.

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Why does such contentiousness excite us and such a fatal stubbornness please us, when we can live in peace if we obey the king?”

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