1 Maccabees 1:63 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They chose to die rather than to be defiled by food or to profane the holy covenant, and they did die. More versionsCommon English Bible They chose to die rather than to be defiled by the food or to dishonor the holy covenant. And they did die. Catholic Public Domain Version And the women who circumcised their sons were butchered, according to the order of king Antiochus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now the women that circumcised their children, were slain according to the commandment of king Antiochus. Good News Translation (US Version) They preferred to die rather than break the holy covenant and eat unclean food—and many did die. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers They chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the food, and that they might not profane the holy covenant; and they died. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition They chose to die rather than to eat forbidden food and break the agreement God had made with them. Many of them died, |