1 Maccabees 12:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And we moreover do write on our part to you, that your cattle and goods are ours, and ours are yours. We do command therefore that they make report unto you on this wise.

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Common English Bible

On our part, we write to let you know that what is yours—your livestock and property—belongs to us, and ours belongs to you. We therefore command that our envoys report to you in keeping with this.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But we also have written back to you that our cattle and our possessions are yours, and yours are ours. And so, we have commanded that these things should be announced to you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And we also have written back to you: That our cattle, and our possessions are yours: and yours, ours. We therefore have commanded that these things should be told you.

Good News Translation (US Version)

In reply, we will send you a letter indicating that we are willing to share our possessions, including cattle and property, if you will do the same. We have given orders to our ambassadors to give you a full report about these matters.’”

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

We moreover write on our part to you, that your livestock and goods are ours, and ours are yours. We do command therefore that they make report to you accordingly.”

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

I am writing to tell you that your livestock together with everything else you own belongs to us. And our livestock together with everything else we own belongs to you. “My messengers have orders to tell you about this.”

1 Maccabees 12:23 Cross References