2 Maccabees 14:42

ASV Byzantine Text

choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness:

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Rhal rhoek kut dongah cung tih hlangcong capa neh a tiing mueh la patang lakah tah, rhuepomnah neh duek te ni a ngaih ngai.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

eligens nobiliter mori potius quam subditus fieri peccatoribus, et contra natales suos indignis injuriis agi.

Brenton English Septuagint

choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Hij wilde liever een eervolle dood sterven, dan in de handen van schurken vallen, die hem zouden mishandelen op een wijze, die zijn hoge afkomst onwaardig was.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbecoming his noble birth.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:

LXX2012 U. S. English

Choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:

British English Septuagint 2012

Choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:

Revised Version

choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness:

French Free Holy Bible for the World

préférant mourir noblement plutôt que de tomber entre les mains des méchants et de subir un outrage indigne de sa noblesse.

Spanish BLL

porque prefirió morir con la cara en alto antes que caer en las manos de esos miserables y que lo trataran como trapo viejo, ofendiendo todo su honor.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

prefiriendo morir con nobleza antes que caer en manos de los perversos canallas y sufrir ultrajes indignos de su propia nobleza.

Croatian Bible

Radije je htio časno poginuti nego dopasti u bezbožničke ruke da podnosi uvrede nedostojne njegove plemenitosti.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:

World English Bible (Catholic)

choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness.

World English Bible Classic

choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness.

World English Bible Updated

choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness.

Brenton Septuagint

εὐγενῶς θέλων ἀποθανεῖν, ἤπερ τοῖς ἀλιτηρίοις ὑποχείριος γενέσθαι, καὶ τῆς ἰδίας εὐγενείας ἀναξίως ὑβρισθῆναι.

Mashi Bible

Asîma okufà nka muluzi ahâli h’okukumba omu maboko g’ababisha n’okujâcira okurhakwânîni obuluzi bwâge.

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