4 Maccabees 9:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For we consider this pity of yours, which ensures our safety through transgression of the law, to be more grievous than death itself.

Common English Bible

We consider your pity, which offers safety at the cost of breaking our Law, to be more bitter than death.

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

For we consider your escape to be worse than death.

World English Bible British Edition

For we consider your escape to be worse than death.

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For we consider this pity of yours which insures our safety through transgression of the law to be more grievous than death itself.

4 Maccabees 9:4 Cross References