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

LXX

4 Maccabees 16:8

Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing.

Parallel Translations

Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing.