LXX 2 Macc 15:39
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LXX 2 Macc 15:39 Ancient Greek
Septuagint (Swete) — 2 Maccabees
καθάπερ οἶνον κατὰ μόνας πίνειν, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὕδωρ πάλιν πολέμιον· ὃν δὲ τρόπον οἶνος ὕδατι συνκερασθεὶς ἤδη καὶ ἐπιτερπῆ τὴν χάριν ἀποτελεῖ, οὕτως καὶ τὸ τῆς κατασκευῆς τοῦ λόγου τέρπει τὰς ἀκοὰς τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων τῇ συντάξει. Ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἔσται ἡ τελευτή.
Which if I have done well, and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired: but if not so perfectly, it must be pardoned me.
English: Douay-Rheims (translated from the Vulgate; Greek/Latin numbering)
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LXX 2 Macc 15:39 — Septuagint, ed. H. B. Swete (1909–30), digitised by First1KGreek / nathans/lxx-swete (CC BY-SA 4.0)