LXX 2 Macc 6:19
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LXX 2 Macc 6:19 Ancient Greek
Septuagint (Swete) — 2 Maccabees
ὁ δὲ τὸν μετʼ εὐκλείας θάνατον μᾶλλον ἡ τὸν μετὰ μύσους βίον ἀναδεξάμενος αὐθαιρέτως ἐπὶ τὸ τύμπανον προσῆγεν,
But he, choosing rather a most glorious death than a hateful life, went forward voluntarily to the torment.
English: Douay-Rheims (translated from the Vulgate; Greek/Latin numbering)
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LXX 2 Macc 6:19 — Septuagint, ed. H. B. Swete (1909–30), digitised by First1KGreek / nathans/lxx-swete (CC BY-SA 4.0)