Good News Translation
"How did we manage to let Alexander get ahead of us? He has strengthened his position by making an alliance with the Jews.

New Revised Standard Version
“What is this that we have done? Alexander has gotten ahead of us in forming a friendship with the Jews to strengthen himself.

Contemporary English Version
"What have we done? Alexander's agreement with the Jews has made him very powerful.

New American Bible
“Why have we allowed Alexander to get ahead of us by gaining the friendship of the Jews and thus strengthening himself?

Douay-Rheims Bible
What is this that we have done, that Alexander hath prevented us to gain the friendship of the Jews to strengthen himself?

What is this that we have done, that Alexander hath prevented us to gain the friendship of the Jews to strengthen himself?

1 Maccabees 10:21
Then Jonathan put on the holy vestment in the seventh month, in the year one hundred and threescore, at the feast day of the tabernacles: and he gathered together an army, and made a great number of arms.

1 Maccabees 10:22
And Demetrius heard these words, and was exceeding sorry, and said:

1 Maccabees 10:24
I also will write to them words of request, and offer dignities, and gifts: that they may be with me to aid me.

1 Maccabees 10:25
And he wrote to them in these words: King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting.