4 Maccabees 13:6 — all translations

ASV Byzantine Text

For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

For just as towers jutting out over harbors hold back the threatening waves and make it calm for those who sail into the inner basin,

Brenton English Septuagint

For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbours men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,

LXX2012 U. S. English

For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,

British English Septuagint 2012

For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbours men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Car, de même que les tours qui s'élèvent devant les ports brisent les vagues menaçantes et assurent ainsi un cours tranquille aux navires qui entrent dans le port,

Spanish BLL

Porque así como los hombres construyen torres en la entrada de los puertos para romper las olas fuertes y asegurar que los barcos entren tranquilos,

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Porque así como por medio de torres que se proyectan frente a los puertos los hombres rompen las olas amenazantes, y así aseguran un rumbo tranquilo a las naves que entran al puerto,

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbours men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,

World English Bible Classic

For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,

World English Bible Updated

For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,

Brenton Septuagint

Καθάπερ γὰρ προπλήταις λιμένων πύργοις τὰς κυμάτων ἀπειλὰς ἀνακόπτοντες, γαληνὸν παρὲχουσιν τοῖς εἰσπλέουσιν τὸν ὅρμον.