2 Maccabees 14:42 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁴² choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:

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Common English Bible

⁴² He wanted to die bravely rather than fall into the hands of sinners and suffer outrages unworthy of his own high birth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² choosing to prefer to die nobly rather than to become subject to sinners, or to suffer unworthy injustices against his birth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴² Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbecoming his noble birth.

Good News Translation (US Version)

⁴² preferring to die with honor rather than suffer humiliation at the hands of evil men.

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

⁴² choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁴² because he was from an important family and wanted to die with honor, rather than at the hands of godless men.

2 Maccabees 14:42 Cross References