4 Maccabees 13:2 - 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.

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.

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.

4 Maccabees 13:2 Cross References