1 Maccabees 3:18
Good News Translation
"It is not difficult," Judas answered, "for a small group to overpower a large one. It makes no difference to the Lord whether we are rescued by many people or by just a few.

New Revised Standard Version
Judas replied, “It is easy for many to be hemmed in by few, for in the sight of Heaven there is no difference between saving by many or by few.

Contemporary English Version
Judas said to his soldiers: God doesn't care how many soldiers Seron has or how few we have. Our small army can easily destroy his forces.

New American Bible
But Judas said: “Many are easily hemmed in by a few; in the sight of Heaven there is no difference between deliverance by many or by few;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:

1 Maccabees 3:16
And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small company.

1 Maccabees 3:17
But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude, and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today?

1 Maccabees 3:19
For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven.

1 Maccabees 3:20
They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils.

Context
1 Maccabees 3
17But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude, and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today? 18And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company: 19For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 3:16
And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small company.

1 Maccabees 3:17
But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude, and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today?

1 Maccabees 3:19
For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven.

1 Maccabees 3:20
They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils.



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1 Maccabees 3:17
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