2 Maccabees 15:5
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king's business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.
Greek · Brenton
Ὁ δὲ ἕτερος, κᾀγώ φησι, δυνάστης ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ προστάσσων αἴρειν ὅπλα, καὶ τὰς βασιλικὰς χρείας ἐπιτελεῖν· ὅμως οὐ κατέσχεν ἐπιτελέσαι τό σχέτλιον αὐτοῦ βούλημα.