1 Maccabees 10:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For he said, Let us be beforehand to make peace with them, ere he make peace with Alexander against us:

More versions

Common English Bible

Demetrius thought to himself, We should make peace with Jonathan before he aligns with Alexander against us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For he said, "Let us first make a peace with him, before he makes one with Alexander against us.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make one with Alexander against us.

Good News Translation (US Version)

in the hope of winning Jonathan over to his side and making peace with the Jews before Alexander made a treaty with them against him.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

For he said, “Let’s go beforehand to make peace with them, before he makes peace with Alexander against us;

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

He was thinking, “Jonathan could not have forgotten the terrible things I did to him and his brothers and his nation. If I don't hurry and make peace with him, he will join forces with Alexander and attack.”

1 Maccabees 10:4 Cross References