Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

4 Maccabees 11:27

For the guards not of a tyrant but of a divine law are our defenders: through this we keep our reasoning unconquered.

Parallel Translations

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For the guards not of a tyrant but of a divine law are our defenders: through this we keep our reasoning unconquered.
Septuagint in American English (2012)