Parallel 2MA 7:2

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BrLXX Εἷς δὲ αὐτῶν γενόμενος προήγορος, οὕτως ἔφη, τί μέλλεις ἐρωτᾷν, καὶ μανθάνειν παρʼ ἡμῶν; ἕτοιμοι γὰρ ἀποθνήσκειν ἐσμὲν ἢ παραβαίνειν τοὺς πατρίους νόμους.
(Heis de autōn genomenos proaʸgoros, houtōs efaʸ, ti melleis erōtan, kai manthanein parʼ haʸmōn; hetoimoi gar apothnaʸskein esmen aʸ parabainein tous patrious nomous. )

BrTr But one of them that spake first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our fathers.

WEBBE One of them made himself the spokesman and said, “What would you ask and learn from us? For we are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors.”

KJB-1611 But one of them that spake first said thus: What wouldest thou aske, or learne of vs? we are ready to die, rather then to transgresse the lawes of our fathers.
(But one of them that spake first said thus: What wouldest thou/you aske, or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather then to transgresse the lawes of our fathers.)