22 Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands. (KJV) 23 It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord. (KJV) 24 With that Susanna cried with a loud voice: and the two elders cried out against her. (KJV)
Susanna 1:22–24
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