LXX 2 Macc 14:42

LXX 2 Macc 14:42 Ancient Greek Septuagint (Swete) — 2 Maccabees

εὐγενῶς θέλων ἀποθανεῖν ἤπερ τοῖς ἀλιτηρίοις ὑποχείριος γενέσθαι, καὶ τῆς ἰδίας εὐγενείας ἀναξίως ὑβρισθῆναι.

Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbecoming his noble birth.

English: Douay-Rheims (translated from the Vulgate; Greek/Latin numbering)

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LXX 2 Macc 14:42 — Septuagint, ed. H. B. Swete (1909–30), digitised by First1KGreek / nathans/lxx-swete (CC BY-SA 4.0)