1 Maccabees 6:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They came through Idumea and encamped against Beth-zur, and for many days they fought and built engines of war, but the Jews sallied out and burned these with fire and fought courageously. More versionsCommon English Bible They came through Idumea and camped against Beth-zur. For many days, they fought and constructed war engines. But the Jews would go out and burn the war engines with fire and continued to fight bravely. Catholic Public Domain Version And they traveled through Idumea, and they took a position near Bethzur. And they fought for many days, and they made machines of war. But they came out and burnt them with fire, and they fought manfully. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they went through Idumea, and approached to Bethsura, and fought many days, and they made engines: but they sallied forth and burnt them with fire, and fought manfully. Good News Translation (US Version) The king and his army passed through Idumea and laid siege to Bethzur, where they fought for a long time. They built battering rams and siege platforms, but the defenders fought bravely and came out of the town and burned down the platforms. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers They went through Idumaea, and encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and made engines of war. The Jews came out and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition He led his army through Idumea, and for a long time, he attacked the town of Beth-Zur with weapons to break through the wall. But the people fought back bravely. They even rushed out of the town and set fire to the weapons of war. |