1 Maccabees 2:14
Good News Translation
In their grief, Mattathias and his sons tore their clothes, put on sackcloth, and continued in deep mourning.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Mattathias and his sons tore their clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned greatly.

Contemporary English Version
Mattathias and his five sons cried bitterly; they tore their clothes and put on sackcloth to show their sorrow.

New American Bible
Then Mattathias and his sons tore their garments, put on sackcloth, and mourned bitterly.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.

1 Maccabees 2:12
And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid waste, and the Gentiles have defiled them.

1 Maccabees 2:13
To what end then should we live any longer?

1 Maccabees 2:15
And they that were sent from king Antiochus, came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God.

1 Maccabees 2:16
And many of the people of Israel consented and came to them: but Mathathias and his sons stood firm.

Context
1 Maccabees 2
13To what end then should we live any longer? 14And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation. 15And they that were sent from king Antiochus, came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 2:12
And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid waste, and the Gentiles have defiled them.

1 Maccabees 2:13
To what end then should we live any longer?

1 Maccabees 2:15
And they that were sent from king Antiochus, came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God.

1 Maccabees 2:16
And many of the people of Israel consented and came to them: but Mathathias and his sons stood firm.



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1 Maccabees 2:13
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