Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The enemy is in front of us, the river is behind us, and marshes and thickets are on both sides of us; there is no way out. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside. 1 Maccabees 9:43And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan, with a great power. 1 Maccabees 9:44 And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before. 1 Maccabees 9:46 Now, therefore, cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle. 1 Maccabees 9:47 And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him backwards. Context 1 Maccabees 9…44And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before. 45For behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside. 46Now, therefore, cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 9:43 And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan, with a great power. 1 Maccabees 9:44 And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before. 1 Maccabees 9:46 Now, therefore, cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle. 1 Maccabees 9:47 And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him backwards. |