LXX 2 Macc 6:13
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LXX 2 Macc 6:13 Ancient Greek
Septuagint (Swete) — 2 Maccabees
καὶ γὰρ τὸ μὴ πολὺν χρόνον ἐᾶσθαι τοὺς δυσσεβοῦντας, ἀλλʼ εὐθέως περιπίπτειν τοῖς ἐπιτίμοις, μεγάλης εὐεργεσίας σημεῖόν ἐστιν.
For it is a token of great goodness, when sinners are not suffered to go on in their ways for a long time, but are presently punished.
English: Douay-Rheims (translated from the Vulgate; Greek/Latin numbering)
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LXX 2 Macc 6:13 — Septuagint, ed. H. B. Swete (1909–30), digitised by First1KGreek / nathans/lxx-swete (CC BY-SA 4.0)