Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation so he urged his men not to be afraid of the enemy. He encouraged them to remember how the Almighty had helped them in times past and to rest assured that he would give them victory this time also. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the nations, but to remember the help they had before received from heaven, and now to hope for victory from the Almighty. 2 Maccabees 15:6So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas. 2 Maccabees 15:7 But Machabeus ever trusted with all hope that God would help them. 2 Maccabees 15:9 And speaking to them out of the law, and the prophets, and withal putting them in mind of the battles they had fought before, he made them more cheerful: 2 Maccabees 15:10 Then after he had encouraged them, he shewed withal the falsehood of the Gentiles, and their breach of oaths. Context 2 Maccabees 15…7But Machabeus ever trusted with all hope that God would help them. 8And he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the nations, but to remember the help they had before received from heaven, and now to hope for victory from the Almighty. 9And speaking to them out of the law, and the prophets, and withal putting them in mind of the battles they had fought before, he made them more cheerful:… Cross References 2 Maccabees 15:6 So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas. 2 Maccabees 15:7 But Machabeus ever trusted with all hope that God would help them. 2 Maccabees 15:9 And speaking to them out of the law, and the prophets, and withal putting them in mind of the battles they had fought before, he made them more cheerful: 2 Maccabees 15:10 Then after he had encouraged them, he shewed withal the falsehood of the Gentiles, and their breach of oaths. |