4 Maccabees 5:7
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For wherefore, since nature has conferred upon you the most excellent flesh of this animal, do you loathe it?
Greek · Brenton
Διατί γὰρ τῆς φύσεως κεχαρισμένης καλλίστην τὴν τοῦδε τοῦ ζώου σαρκοφαγίαν βδελύττῃ;