1 Maccabees 12:53 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵³ Then all the nations that were all around them sought to crush them. For they said:

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Common English Bible

⁵³ All the nations around them tried to destroy them, saying, “They have no leader or helper now. Let’s make war against them and blot out their memory from humanity.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵³ Then all the heathens that were round about them, sought to destroy them. For they said:

Good News Translation (US Version)

⁵³ All the surrounding nations now tried to destroy them. They thought that the Jews had no leaders or allies and that the time was ripe to annihilate them and put an end to their history.

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

⁵³ And all the Gentiles who were around them sought to destroy them utterly; for they said, “They have no ruler nor anyone to help them. Now therefore let’s fight against them, and take away their memory from among men.”

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁵³ because the Gentiles around there were saying, “The Jews have no ruler or general. Let's destroy them and make the world forget they ever lived.”

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