Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I now give up my body and my life for the laws of our ancestors, just as my brothers did. But I also beg God to show mercy to his people quickly and to torture you until you are forced to acknowledge that he alone is God. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and my body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon God to be speedily merciful to our nation, and that thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he alone is God. 2 Maccabees 7:35For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of the Almighty God, who beholdeth all things. 2 Maccabees 7:36 For my brethren having now undergone a short pain, are under the covenant of eternal life: but thou, by the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride. 2 Maccabees 7:38 But in me, and in my brethren, the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease. 2 Maccabees 7:39 Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked. Context 2 Maccabees 7…36For my brethren having now undergone a short pain, are under the covenant of eternal life: but thou, by the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride. 37But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and my body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon God to be speedily merciful to our nation, and that thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he alone is God. 38But in me, and in my brethren, the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 7:35 For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of the Almighty God, who beholdeth all things. 2 Maccabees 7:36 For my brethren having now undergone a short pain, are under the covenant of eternal life: but thou, by the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride. 2 Maccabees 7:38 But in me, and in my brethren, the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease. 2 Maccabees 7:39 Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked. |