4 Maccabees 16:8
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing.
Greek · Brenton
Μάτην ἐφʼ ὑμῖν, ὦ παῖδες, πολλὰς ὑπέμεινα ὠδῖνας καὶ χαλεπωτέρας φροντίδας ἀνατροφῆς.