2 Maccabees 7:9
Good News Translation
but with his dying breath he cried out to the king, "You butcher! You may kill us, but the King of the universe will raise us from the dead and give us eternal life, because we have obeyed his laws."

New Revised Standard Version
And when he was at his last breath, he said, “You accursed wretch, you dismiss us from this present life, but the King of the universe will raise us up to an everlasting renewal of life, because we have died for his laws.”

Contemporary English Version
When the second brother was almost dead, he said to the king, "How can you be so cruel? Even if you kill us, the King of this world will raise us to life. And then we will live forever, because we died, rather than deny our faith."

New American Bible
With his last breath he said: “You accursed fiend, you are depriving us of this present life, but the King of the universe will raise us up to live again forever, because we are dying for his laws.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of eternal life.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of eternal life.

2 Maccabees 7:7
So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the next to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, before he were punished throughout the whole body in every limb.

2 Maccabees 7:8
But he answered in his own language, and said: I will not do it. Wherefore he also, in the next place, received the torments of the first:

2 Maccabees 7:10
After him the third was made a mocking-stock, and when he was required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched out his hands:

2 Maccabees 7:11
And said with confidence: These I have from heaven, but for the laws of God I now despise them, because I hope to receive them again from him.

Context
2 Maccabees 7
8But he answered in his own language, and said: I will not do it. Wherefore he also, in the next place, received the torments of the first: 9And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of eternal life. 10After him the third was made a mocking-stock, and when he was required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched out his hands:…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 7:7
So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the next to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, before he were punished throughout the whole body in every limb.

2 Maccabees 7:8
But he answered in his own language, and said: I will not do it. Wherefore he also, in the next place, received the torments of the first:

2 Maccabees 7:10
After him the third was made a mocking-stock, and when he was required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched out his hands:

2 Maccabees 7:11
And said with confidence: These I have from heaven, but for the laws of God I now despise them, because I hope to receive them again from him.



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2 Maccabees 7:8
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