ASV Byzantine Text
Now let us consider the matter: had any of them been weak-spirited and cowardly among them, what reasonings would they have employed but such as these?
4 Maccabees 8:16
13 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Let us consider, on the other hand, what arguments might have been used if some of them had been cowardly and unmanly. Would they not have been the following?
Brenton English Septuagint
O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
LXX2012 U. S. English
O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
British English Septuagint 2012
O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
French Free Holy Bible for the World
« O malheureux que nous sommes, et extrêmement insensés ! Quand le roi nous exhorte et nous appelle à sa générosité, ne devrions-nous pas lui obéir ?
Spanish BLL
“¡Ay, qué desgraciados somos y qué falta de sentido! Si el rey nos anima y nos invita a aceptar sus regalos, ¿qué no deberíamos obedecerle?
Spanish Free Bible for the World
«¡Oh, desdichados de nosotros, y en extremo insensatos! Cuando el rey nos exhorta, y nos llama a su generosidad, ¿no deberíamos obedecerle?
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
“O wretched that we are, and exceedingly senseless! When the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
World English Bible Classic
“O wretched that we are, and exceedingly senseless! When the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
World English Bible Updated
“O wretched that we are, and exceedingly senseless! When the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
Brenton Septuagint
Ὦ τάλανες ἡμεῖς, καὶ λίαν ἀνόητοι· βασιλέως ἡμᾶς παρακαλοῦντος, καὶ ἐπὶ εὐεργεσίᾳ φωνοῦντος, μὴ πεισθείημεν αὐτῷ;