Good News Translation
At dawn Judas appeared in the plain with 3,000 men, not all of them as well armed as they would have liked.

New Revised Standard Version
At daybreak Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men, but they did not have armor and swords such as they desired.

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, Judas and his 3,000 soldiers came to the valley near Emmaus about dawn. They did not have enough swords or armor for the battle,

New American Bible
But at daybreak Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men; furthermore they lacked the helmets and swords they wanted.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three thousand men only, who neither had armour nor swords:

And when it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three thousand men only, who neither had armour nor swords:

1 Maccabees 4:4
For as yet the army was dispersed from the camp

1 Maccabees 4:5
And Gorgias came by night into the camp of Judas, and found no man; and he sought them in the mountains: for he said: These men flee from us.

1 Maccabees 4:7
And they saw the camp of the Gentiles that it was strong, and the men in breastplates, and the horsemen round about them, and these were trained up to war.

1 Maccabees 4:8
And Judas said to the men that were with him: Fear ye not their multitude, neither be ye afraid of their assault.