Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Everyone there looked up to heaven and praised the Lord, who had revealed his power and had kept his Temple from being defiled. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then all blessed the Lord of heaven, saying: Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled. 2 Maccabees 15:32And shewing them the head of Nicanor, and the wicked hand, which he had stretched out, with proud boasts, against the holy house of the Almighty God, 2 Maccabees 15:33 He commanded also, that the tongue of the wicked Nicanor should be cut out, and given by pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to be hanged up over against the temple. 2 Maccabees 15:35 And he hung up Nicanor's head in the top of the castle, that it might be an evident and manifest sign of the help of God. 2 Maccabees 15:36 And they all ordained by a common decree, by no means to let this day pass without solemnity: Context 2 Maccabees 15…33He commanded also, that the tongue of the wicked Nicanor should be cut out, and given by pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to be hanged up over against the temple. 34Then all blessed the Lord of heaven, saying: Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled. 35And he hung up Nicanor's head in the top of the castle, that it might be an evident and manifest sign of the help of God.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 15:32 And shewing them the head of Nicanor, and the wicked hand, which he had stretched out, with proud boasts, against the holy house of the Almighty God, 2 Maccabees 15:33 He commanded also, that the tongue of the wicked Nicanor should be cut out, and given by pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to be hanged up over against the temple. 2 Maccabees 15:35 And he hung up Nicanor's head in the top of the castle, that it might be an evident and manifest sign of the help of God. 2 Maccabees 15:36 And they all ordained by a common decree, by no means to let this day pass without solemnity: |