4 Maccabees 12:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ Surely they by dying nobly fulfilled their service to God, but you will wail bitterly for having slain without cause the contestants for virtue.”

Common English Bible

¹⁴ By dying honorably, they fulfilled their religious duty to God. You, however, will howl bitterly for killing without reason these champions of the godly way of life.”

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

¹⁴ But they, bravely dying, fulfilled their religion toward God.

World English Bible British Edition

¹⁴ But they, bravely dying, fulfilled their religion towards God.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ Surely they by dying nobly fulfilled their pious duty to God, but you will wail bitterly for having killed without cause the contestants for virtue.”

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