1 Maccabees 13:4
Good News Translation
All my brothers have been killed fighting for our Law, our Temple, and our nation, and I am the only one left.

New Revised Standard Version
By reason of this all my brothers have perished for the sake of Israel, and I alone am left.

Contemporary English Version
and how they died fighting for our people. I'm the only one in my family left alive.

New American Bible
For the sake of this, for the sake of Israel, all my brothers have perished, and I alone am left.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone.

1 Maccabees 13:2
And seeing that the people was in dread and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people,

1 Maccabees 13:3
And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen:

1 Maccabees 13:5
And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren.

1 Maccabees 13:6
I will avenge then my nation and the sanctuary, and our children, and wives: for all the heathens are gathered together to destroy us out of mere malice.

Context
1 Maccabees 13
3And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen: 4By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone. 5And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 13:2
And seeing that the people was in dread and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people,

1 Maccabees 13:3
And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen:

1 Maccabees 13:5
And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren.

1 Maccabees 13:6
I will avenge then my nation and the sanctuary, and our children, and wives: for all the heathens are gathered together to destroy us out of mere malice.



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