1 Maccabees 4:45 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And they thought it best to tear it down, so that it would not be a lasting shame to them that the nations had defiled it. So they tore down the altar More versionsCommon English Bible They decided it was best to tear it down so that it wouldn’t be a lasting shameful reminder to them that the Gentiles had defiled it. So they tore down the altar. Catholic Public Domain Version And a good counsel fell upon them, to destroy it, lest it might become a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they demolished it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down. Good News Translation (US Version) by the Gentiles, and decided to tear it down, so that it would not stand there as a monument to their shame. So they tore down the altar World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers A good plan came into their mind, that they should pull it down, lest it would be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it. So they pulled down the altar |