1 Maccabees 9:45
Good News Translation
The enemy is in front of us, the river is behind us, and marshes and thickets are on both sides of us; there is no way out.

New Revised Standard Version
For look! the battle is in front of us and behind us; the water of the Jordan is on this side and on that, with marsh and thicket; there is no place to turn.

Contemporary English Version
and there is no way out. The enemy army is both in front of us and behind us, and the river is on one side, and the marshes covered with thornbushes are on the other.

New American Bible
The battle is before us, behind us are the waters of the Jordan, on either side of us, marsh and thickets; there is no way of escape.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside.

1 Maccabees 9:43
And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan, with a great power.

1 Maccabees 9:44
And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before.

1 Maccabees 9:46
Now, therefore, cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle.

1 Maccabees 9:47
And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him backwards.

Context
1 Maccabees 9
44And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before. 45For behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside. 46Now, therefore, cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 9:43
And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan, with a great power.

1 Maccabees 9:44
And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before.

1 Maccabees 9:46
Now, therefore, cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle.

1 Maccabees 9:47
And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him backwards.



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1 Maccabees 9:44
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