2 Maccabees 15:5

5 then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms and to do the king's business. Yet he prevailed not in having his wicked will done.

2 Maccabees 15:5 In-Context

3 Then the most ungracious wretch demanded if there were a mighty one in heaven who had commanded the Sabbath day to be kept.

4 And when they said, There is in heaven a living Lord, and mighty, who commanded the seventh day to be kept,

5 then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms and to do the king's business. Yet he prevailed not in having his wicked will done.

6 So Nicanor, in exceeding pride and haughtiness, determined to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas and those who were with him.

7 But Maccabeus had ever sure confidence that the Lord would help him.