ASV Byzantine Text
For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
4 Maccabees 1:33
13 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Otherwise, how is it that when we are attracted to forbidden foods we abstain from the pleasure to be had from them? Is it not because reason is able to rule over appetites? I for one think so.
Brenton English Septuagint
For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
LXX2012 U. S. English
For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
British English Septuagint 2012
For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Sinon, comment se fait-il que, lorsqu'on nous pousse à manger des viandes interdites, nous refusions la gratification qui en découlerait ? N'est-ce pas parce que le raisonnement est capable de commander les appétits ? Je le crois.
Spanish BLL
De no ser así, ¿cómo es que cuando se nos antoja comer carnes prohibidas, rechazamos el gusto que nos daría comerlas? ¿No es porque la razón puede controlar los apetitos? Yo creo que sí.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
De lo contrario, ¿cómo es que cuando se nos insta a las carnes prohibidas, rechazamos la gratificación que provendría de ellas? ¿No es porque el razonamiento es capaz de dominar los apetitos? Así lo creo.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
Otherwise, how is it that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would come from them? Isn’t it because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
World English Bible Classic
Otherwise, how is it that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would come from them? Isn’t it because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
World English Bible Updated
Otherwise, how is it that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would come from them? Isn’t it because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
Brenton Septuagint
Ἐπεὶ πόθεν κινούμενοι πρὸς τὰς ἀπειρημένας τοοφὰς, ἀποτρεπόμεθα τὰς ἐξ ἑαυτῶν ἡδονάς; οὐχ ὅτι δύναται τῶν ὀρὲξεων ἐπικρατεῖν ὁ λογισμός; ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι.