1 Maccabees 5:67 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

On that day some priests who wished to do a brave deed fell in battle, for they went out to battle unwisely.

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That day some priests who wished to do a brave deed died in battle because they had gone out to battle unwisely.

In that day, some priests fell in battle. Since they desired to act boldly, they went out, without counsel, into the battle.

In that day some priests fell in battle, while desiring to do manfully they went out unadvisedly to fight.

That day a number of priests were killed in battle because they wanted to be heroes and foolishly went out to fight.

In that day certain priests, desiring to do exploits there, were slain in battle, when they went out to battle unadvisedly.

That same day, some priests foolishly started a battle because they wanted to become heroes. But instead they died in the fighting.