This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation 2 Maccabees 6:19 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition19 But he, choosing rather to die gloriously, than to live stained with such an abomination, spit it forth, and came of his own accord to the torment, See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible19 But preferring death with honor to life with religious defilement, he proceeded voluntarily to the torture instrument, See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version19 Yet he, embracing a most glorious death as greater than a detestable life, went forward voluntarily to the torments. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version19 But he, choosing rather a most glorious death than a hateful life, went forward voluntarily to the torment. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)19-20 But he preferred an honorable death rather than a life of disgrace. So he spit out the meat and went willingly to the place of torture, showing how people should have courage to refuse unclean food, even if it costs them their lives. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers19 But he, welcoming death with honor rather than life with defilement, advanced of his own accord to the instrument of torture, but first spat out the flesh, See the chapter |