Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

1 Maccabees 3:17

who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude [and] so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said to Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, “What? Shall we be able, being a small company, to fight against so great and strong a multitude? We for our part are faint, having tasted no food this day.”
World English Bible