Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When Judas' men saw the army coming against them, they asked, "How can our little group of men fight an army as big as that? Besides, we have not eaten all day, and we are tired!" New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude, and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today? 1 Maccabees 3:15And he made himself ready; and the host of the wicked went up with him, strong succours, to be revenged of the children of Israel. 1 Maccabees 3:16 And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small company. 1 Maccabees 3:18 And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company: 1 Maccabees 3:19 For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven. Context 1 Maccabees 3…16And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small company. 17But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude, and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today? 18And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:… Cross References 1 Maccabees 3:15 And he made himself ready; and the host of the wicked went up with him, strong succours, to be revenged of the children of Israel. 1 Maccabees 3:16 And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small company. 1 Maccabees 3:18 And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company: 1 Maccabees 3:19 For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven. |