Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
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4 Maccabees 17:21

and that the tyrant was punished, and their country purified.

Parallel Translations

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and that the tyrant was punished, and their country purified.
Septuagint in American English (2012)