4 Maccabees 11:27
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For the guards not of a tyrant but of a divine law are our defenders: through this we keep our reasoning unconquered.
Greek · Brenton
Οὐ γὰρ τυράννου, ἀλλὰ θείου νόμου προεστήκασιν ἡμῶν οἱ δορυφίροι· διὰ τοῦτο ἀνίκητον ἕχομεν τὸν λογι σμόν.