4 Maccabees 17:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Some of the guards said that when she also was about to be seized and put to death she threw herself into the flames so that no one might touch her body. Common English Bible Some of the guards reported that, just as they were about to grab the mother and put her to death as well, she threw herself into the fire before anyone could touch her body. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers Some of the spearbearers said that when she herself was about to be seized for the purpose of being put to death, she threw herself on the pile, rather than let them touch her body. World English Bible British Edition Some of the spearbearers said that when she herself was about to be seized for the purpose of being put to death, she threw herself on the pile, rather than let them touch her body. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Some of the guards said that when she also was about to be seized and put to death she threw herself into the flames so that no one might touch her body. |