4 Maccabees 2:9
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
And should a man be parsimonious, he is ruled by the law acting through reasoning; so that he does not glean his harvest crops, nor vintage: and in reference to other points we may perceive that it is reasoning that conquers his passions.
Greek · Brenton
Κᾂν φειδωλός τις ᾖ, ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου κρατεῖται διὰ τὸν λογισμὸν, μήτε ἐπικαρπούμενος τοὺς ἀμητοὺς, μήτε ἐπιῤῥωγολογούμενος τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐτέρων ἔστιν ἐπιγνῶναι τοῦτο, ὅτι τῶν παθῶν ἐστιν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατῶν.