2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 8:18

οἱ μὲν γὰρ ὅπλοις πεποίθασιν ἅμα καὶ τόλμαις, ἔφησεν, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ παντοκράτορι θεῷ, δυναμένῳ καὶ τοὺς ἐρχομένους ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς καὶ τὸν ὅλον κόσμον ἑνὶ νεύματι καταβαλεῖν, πεποίθαμεν.
King James Version (KJV)

For they, said he, trust in their weapons and boldness; but our confidence is in the Almighty God, who at a beck can cast down both them that come against us, and also all the world.

Modern English

They rely on weapons and boldness, he said, but our confidence rests in Almighty God, who with a single word can strike down not only those who come against us but the whole world besides.

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