4 Maccabees 4:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) While the priests together with women and children were imploring God in the temple to shield the holy place that was being treated so contemptuously, Common English Bible The priests stood in the temple, together with their wives and children, begging God to protect the holy place that was being treated so shamefully. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers The priests, with the women and children, asked God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place, World English Bible British Edition The priests, with the women and children, asked God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place, New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 While the priests together with women and children were imploring God in the temple to shield the holy place that was being treated so contemptuously, |