4 Maccabees 8:6 — all translations

ASV Byzantine Text

but I do beg you to yield, and to enjoy my friendship; for I possess the power, not only of punishing those who disobey my commands, but of doing good to those who obey them.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Just as I am able to punish those who disobey my orders, so I can be a benefactor to those who obey me.

Brenton English Septuagint

Put confidence in me, then, and you shall receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national ordinance,

LXX2012 U. S. English

Put confidence in me, then, and you shall receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national ordinance,

British English Septuagint 2012

Put confidence in me, then, and you shall receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national ordinance,

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ayez donc confiance en moi, et vous recevrez des places d'autorité dans mon gouvernement, si vous abandonnez votre mode de vie national,

Spanish BLL

Confíen en mí, entonces, y recibirán puestos de autoridad en mi gobierno, si dejan a un lado sus tradiciones nacionales,

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Confiad en mí, entonces, y recibiréis puestos de autoridad en mi gobierno, si abandonáis vuestra forma de vida nacional,

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Put confidence in me, then, and you shall receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national ordinance,

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Put confidence in me, then, and you will receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national way of life,

World English Bible Classic

Put confidence in me, then, and you will receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national way of life,

World English Bible Updated

Put confidence in me, then, and you will receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national way of life,

Brenton Septuagint

Πιστεύσατε οὖν, καὶ ἀρχὰς ἐπὶ τῶν ἐμῶν πραγμάτων ἡγεμονικὰς λήψεσθε, ἀρνησάμενοι τὸν πάτριον ἡμῶν τῆς πολιτείας θεσμόν·