Good News Translation
and courageously said, "God gave these to me. But his laws mean more to me than my hands, and I know God will give them back to me again."

New Revised Standard Version
and said nobly, “I got these from Heaven, and because of his laws I disdain them, and from him I hope to get them back again.”

Contemporary English Version
He had a lot of courage and said, "God in heaven gave these to me. But I will give them up to obey his laws, because I know God will give them back."

New American Bible
as he spoke these noble words: “It was from Heaven that I received these; for the sake of his laws I disregard them; from him I hope to receive them again.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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.

2 Maccabees 7:9
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 7:10
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 7:12
So that the king, and they that were with him, wondered at the young man's courage, because he esteemed the torments as nothing.

2 Maccabees 7:13
And after he was thus dead, they tormented the fourth in the like manner.