for if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
WEB
2 Maccabees 12:44
For if he wasn’t expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would be superfluous and idle to pray for the dead.
Parallel Translations
For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.