2 Maccabees 1:25
Good News Translation
no one but you is gracious and just. You are almighty and eternal, forever ready to rescue Israel from trouble. You chose our ancestors to be your own special people.

New Revised Standard Version
you alone are bountiful, you alone are just and almighty and eternal. You rescue Israel from every evil; you chose the ancestors and consecrated them.

Contemporary English Version
No one else is fair and gives us everything we need; no one else is all-powerful and lives forever. "Long ago, you chose our ancestors to be your holy people, and since then you have rescued our nation from every danger.

New American Bible
who alone are gracious, just, almighty, and eternal, Israel’s savior from all evil, who chose our ancestors and sanctified them:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who alone art gracious, who alone art just, and almighty, and eternal, who deliverest Israel from all evil, who didst choose the fathers, and didst sanctify them:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who alone art gracious, who alone art just, and almighty, and eternal, who deliverest Israel from all evil, who didst choose the fathers, and didst sanctify them:

2 Maccabees 1:23
And all the priests made prayer, while the sacrifice was consuming, Jonathan beginning, and the rest answering.

2 Maccabees 1:24
And the prayer of Nehemias was after this manner: O Lord God, Creator of all things, dreadful and strong, just and merciful, who alone art the good king,

2 Maccabees 1:26
Receive the sacrifice for all thy people Israel, and preserve thy own portion, and sanctify it.

2 Maccabees 1:27
Gather together our scattered people, deliver them that are slaves to the Gentiles, and look upon them that are despised and abhorred: that the Gentiles may know that thou art our God

Context
2 Maccabees 1
24And the prayer of Nehemias was after this manner: O Lord God, Creator of all things, dreadful and strong, just and merciful, who alone art the good king, 25Who alone art gracious, who alone art just, and almighty, and eternal, who deliverest Israel from all evil, who didst choose the fathers, and didst sanctify them: 26Receive the sacrifice for all thy people Israel, and preserve thy own portion, and sanctify it.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 1:23
And all the priests made prayer, while the sacrifice was consuming, Jonathan beginning, and the rest answering.

2 Maccabees 1:24
And the prayer of Nehemias was after this manner: O Lord God, Creator of all things, dreadful and strong, just and merciful, who alone art the good king,

2 Maccabees 1:26
Receive the sacrifice for all thy people Israel, and preserve thy own portion, and sanctify it.

2 Maccabees 1:27
Gather together our scattered people, deliver them that are slaves to the Gentiles, and look upon them that are despised and abhorred: that the Gentiles may know that thou art our God



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