3 Maccabees 5:22
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Nor did they employ the night in sleep, so much as in contriving cruel mockeries for those deemed miserable.
Greek · Brenton
Καὶ οὐχ οὕτως εἰς ὕπνον κατεχρήσαντο τὸν χρόνον τῆς νυκτὸς, ὡς εἰς τὸ παντοίους μηχανᾶσθαι τοῖς ταλαιπώροις δοκοῦσιν ἐμπαιγμούς.