1 Maccabees 2:48 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And they rescued the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of the kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.

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They rescued the Law from the power of the Gentiles and kings, and they never let the sinner regain power.

And they obtained the law from the hands of the Gentiles, and from the hands of the kings. And they did not surrender the horn to the sinner.

And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.

They rescued the Law of Moses from the Gentiles and their kings and broke the power of the wicked King Antiochus.

They rescued the law out of the hand of the Gentiles and out of the hand of the kings. They never allowed the sinner to triumph.

because they defended their laws against the Gentiles and Antiochus. No evil person stood a chance.