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

⁴ For we consider this pity of yours which insures our safety through transgression of the law to be more grievous than death itself.

Common English Bible

⁴ We consider your pity, which offers safety at the cost of breaking our Law, to be more bitter than death.

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

⁴ For we consider your escape to be worse than death.

World English Bible British Edition

⁴ For we consider your escape to be worse than death.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ For we consider this pity of yours, which ensures our safety through transgression of the law, to be more grievous than death itself.

4 Maccabees 9:4 Cross References