4 Maccabees 9:2
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
And we should be disgracing our fathers if we did not obey the law, and take knowledge for our guide.
Greek · Brenton
Καὶ αἰσχυνόμεθα γὰρ τοὺς προγόνους εἰκότως, εἰ μὴ τῇ τοῦ νόμου εὐπειθείᾳ καὶ συμβούλῳ γνώσει χρησαίμεθα.