4 Maccabees 18:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ In the time of my maturity I remained with my husband, and when these sons had grown up their father died. A happy man was he, who lived out his life with good children, and did not have the grief of bereavement.

Common English Bible

⁹ When I was in my prime, I lived with my husband. He died when my children had grown up. He was privileged to have lived his life enjoying good children, and to have been spared the pain of losing them.

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

⁹ When these, my children, arrived at maturity, their father died. He was blessed! For having sought out a life of fertility in children, he was not grieved with a period of loss of children.

World English Bible British Edition

⁹ When these, my children, arrived at maturity, their father died. He was blessed! For having sought out a life of fertility in children, he was not grieved with a period of loss of children.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ In the time of my maturity I remained with my husband, and when these sons had grown up their father died. A fortunate man was he, who lived out his life with good children and did not have the grief of bereavement.

4 Maccabees 18:9 Cross References