2 Maccabees 6:13
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For it is a token of his great goodness, when wicked doers are not suffered any longer time, but forthwith punished.
Greek · Brenton
Καὶ τὸ μὴ πολὺν χρόνον ἐᾶσθαι τοὺς δυσσεβοῦντας, ἀλλʼ εὐθέως περιπίπτειν ἐπιτιμίοις, μεγάλης εὐεργεσίας σημεῖόν ἐστιν.