4 Maccabees 8:17
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels, and venture upon a disobedience bringing death?
Greek · Brenton
Τί βουλήμασιν κενοῖς ἐαυτοὺς εὐφραίνομεν, καὶ θανατηφόρον ἀπείθειαν τολμῶμεν;