2 Maccabees 9:10
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.
Greek · Brenton
Καὶ τὸν μικρῷ πρότερον τῶν οὐρανίων ἄστρων ἅπτεσθαι δοκοῦντα, παρακομίζειν οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο, διὰ τὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς ἀφόρητον βάρος.