Good News Translation
The young men showed off their splendid military uniforms, while the old men sat around the city squares and talked about the great things that had happened.

New Revised Standard Version
Old men sat in the streets; they all talked together of good things, and the youths put on splendid military attire.

Contemporary English Version
In towns the old folks talked about the good things that had happened, while young soldiers strolled by in their fancy uniforms.

New American Bible
Old men sat in the squares, all talking about the good times, while the young men put on the glorious raiment of war.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The ancient men sat all in the streets, and treated together of the good things of the land, and the young men put on them glory, and the robes of war.

The ancient men sat all in the streets, and treated together of the good things of the land, and the young men put on them glory, and the robes of war.

1 Maccabees 14:7
And he gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazara, and of Bethsura, and of the castle: and took away all uncleanness out of it, and there was none that resisted him.

1 Maccabees 14:8
And every man tilled his land with peace, and the land of Juda yielded her increase, and the trees of the fields their fruit.

1 Maccabees 14:10
And he provided victuals for the cities, and he appointed that they should be furnished with ammunition, so that the fame of his glory was renowned even to the end of the earth.

1 Maccabees 14:11
He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy.