Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation and said to one another, "If all of us do as these other Jews have done and refuse to fight the Gentiles to defend our lives and our religion, we will soon be wiped off the face of the earth." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And every man said to his neighbour: If we shall all do as our brethren have done, and not fight against the heathens for our lives, and our justifications, they will now quickly root us out of the earth. 1 Maccabees 2:38So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and they were slain, with their wives, and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand persons. 1 Maccabees 2:39 And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly. 1 Maccabees 2:41 And they determined in that day, saying: Whosoever shall come up against us to fight on the sabbath day, we will fight against him: and we will not all die, as our brethren that were slain in the secret places. 1 Maccabees 2:42 Then was assembled to them the congregation of the Assideans, the stoutest of Israel, every one that had a good will for the law. Context 1 Maccabees 2…39And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly. 40And every man said to his neighbour: If we shall all do as our brethren have done, and not fight against the heathens for our lives, and our justifications, they will now quickly root us out of the earth. 41And they determined in that day, saying: Whosoever shall come up against us to fight on the sabbath day, we will fight against him: and we will not all die, as our brethren that were slain in the secret places.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 2:38 So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and they were slain, with their wives, and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand persons. 1 Maccabees 2:39 And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly. 1 Maccabees 2:41 And they determined in that day, saying: Whosoever shall come up against us to fight on the sabbath day, we will fight against him: and we will not all die, as our brethren that were slain in the secret places. 1 Maccabees 2:42 Then was assembled to them the congregation of the Assideans, the stoutest of Israel, every one that had a good will for the law. |