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Read›1 Maccabees›Chapter 3
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calamities of our people and our sanctuary.
- WEB
- For it is better for us to die in battle than to see the calamities of our nation and the holy place.
- DRC
- For it is better for us to die in battle, than to see the evils of our nation, and of the holies:
- LXXE
- for it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calamities of our people and our sanctuary.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὅτι κρεῖσσον ἡμᾶς ἀποθανεῖν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, ἢ ἐπιδεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ κακὰ τοῦ ἔθνους ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν ἁγίων·