4 Maccabees 15:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² Two courses were open to this mother, that of piety and that of preserving her seven sons for a time, as the tyrant had promised.

Common English Bible

² The mother had two options in front of her: the godly way of living, and saving her seven sons for a while, as the tyrant promised.

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

² The mother, when two things were set before her, religion and the safety of her seven sons for a time, on the conditional promise of a tyrant,

World English Bible British Edition

² The mother, when two things were set before her, religion and the safety of her seven sons for a time, on the conditional promise of a tyrant,

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² Two courses were open to this mother, that of religion, and that of preserving her seven sons for a time, as the tyrant had promised.

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