1 Maccabees 8:23
Good News Translation
"May things go well forever for the Romans and for the Jewish nation on land and sea! May they never have enemies, and may they never go to war!

New Revised Standard Version
“May all go well with the Romans and with the nation of the Jews at sea and on land forever, and may sword and enemy be far from them.

Contemporary English Version
We pray that all will go well with the Romans and Jews, both on land and sea, and that we will never have any wars or enemies.

New American Bible
“May it be well with the Romans and the Jewish nation at sea and on land forever; may sword and enemy be far from them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
GOOD SUCCESS BE TO THE ROMANS, and to the people of the Jews by sea, and by land, for ever: and far be the sword and enemy from them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

GOOD SUCCESS BE TO THE ROMANS, and to the people of the Jews by sea, and by land, for ever: and far be the sword and enemy from them.

1 Maccabees 8:21
And the proposal was pleasing in their sight.

1 Maccabees 8:22
And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance.

1 Maccabees 8:24
But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their confederates, in all their dominions:

1 Maccabees 8:25
The nation of the Jews shall help them according as the time shall direct, with all their heart:

Context
1 Maccabees 8
22And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance. 23GOOD SUCCESS BE TO THE ROMANS, and to the people of the Jews by sea, and by land, for ever: and far be the sword and enemy from them. 24But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their confederates, in all their dominions:…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 8:21
And the proposal was pleasing in their sight.

1 Maccabees 8:22
And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance.

1 Maccabees 8:24
But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their confederates, in all their dominions:

1 Maccabees 8:25
The nation of the Jews shall help them according as the time shall direct, with all their heart:



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1 Maccabees 8:22
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