Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation "Lord, you are in need of nothing, yet it has pleased you to place your Temple here and to live among us. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Thou, O Lord of all things, who wantest nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thy habitation should be amongst us. 2 Maccabees 14:33And swore, saying: Unless you deliver Judas prisoner to me, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and will beat down the altar, and I will dedicate this temple to Bacchus. 2 Maccabees 14:34 And when he had spoken thus, he departed. But the priests stretching forth their hands to heaven, called upon him that was ever the defender of their nation, saying in this manner: 2 Maccabees 14:36 Therefore now, O Lord, the holy of all holies, keep this house for ever undefiled, which was lately cleansed. 2 Maccabees 14:37 Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his kindness was called the father of the Jews. Context 2 Maccabees 14…34And when he had spoken thus, he departed. But the priests stretching forth their hands to heaven, called upon him that was ever the defender of their nation, saying in this manner: 35Thou, O Lord of all things, who wantest nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thy habitation should be amongst us. 36Therefore now, O Lord, the holy of all holies, keep this house for ever undefiled, which was lately cleansed.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 14:33 And swore, saying: Unless you deliver Judas prisoner to me, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and will beat down the altar, and I will dedicate this temple to Bacchus. 2 Maccabees 14:34 And when he had spoken thus, he departed. But the priests stretching forth their hands to heaven, called upon him that was ever the defender of their nation, saying in this manner: 2 Maccabees 14:36 Therefore now, O Lord, the holy of all holies, keep this house for ever undefiled, which was lately cleansed. 2 Maccabees 14:37 Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his kindness was called the father of the Jews. |
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