4 Maccabees 7:5
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For father Eleazar, projecting his disposition, broke the raging waves of the passions as with a jutting promontory.
Greek · Brenton
Ὥσπερ γὰρ πρόκρημνον ἄκραν, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ διὰνοιαν ὁ πατὴρ Ἐλεάζαρος ἐκτείνας, περιέκλασεν τοὺς μαινομένους τῶν παθῶν κλύδωνας.