Good News Translation
The Lord does not treat us as he does other nations: he waits patiently until they have become deeply involved in sin before he punishes them,

New Revised Standard Version
For in the case of the other nations the Lord waits patiently to punish them until they have reached the full measure of their sins; but he does not deal in this way with us,

Contemporary English Version
When God deals with other nations, he waits patiently for them to sin terribly before he punishes them. But God treats us differently.

New American Bible
Thus, in dealing with other nations, the Sovereign Lord patiently waits until they reach the full measure of their sins before punishing them; but with us he has decided to deal differently,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For, not as with other nations, (whom the Lord patiently expecteth, that when the day of judgment shall come, he may punish them in the fulness of their sins:)

For, not as with other nations, (whom the Lord patiently expecteth, that when the day of judgment shall come, he may punish them in the fulness of their sins:)

2 Maccabees 6:12
Now I beseech those that shall read this book, that they be not shocked at these calamities, but that they consider the things that happened, not as being for the destruction, but for the correction of our nation.

2 Maccabees 6:13
For it is a token of great goodness, when sinners are not suffered to go on in their ways for a long time, but are presently punished.

2 Maccabees 6:15
Doth he also deal with us, so as to suffer our sins to come to their height, and then take vengeance on us.

2 Maccabees 6:16
And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity he forsaketh them not.