2 Chronicles 13:12
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And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
In other translations
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
Hebrew words
וְהִנֵּהvehinehand here!H2009עִמָּנוּ'imanu[is] with usH5973בָרֹאשׁvaroshat the headH7218הָאֱלֹהִים׀ha'elohim<the> GodH430וְכֹהֲנָיוvekhohanavand priests hisH3548וַחֲצֹצְרוֹתvachatzotzerotand [the] trumpets ofH2689הַתְּרוּעָהhateru'ahthe alarmH8643לְהָרִיעַleharia'to sound [the] battle signalH7321עֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemon youH5921בְּנֵיbeneiO people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אַל־'al-may notH408תִּלָּחֲמוּtilachamuyou do battleH3898עִם־'im-withH5973יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵי־'elohei-[the] God ofH430אֲבֹתֵיכֶם'avoteikhemancestors yourH1כִּי־ki-forH3588לֹאlo'notH3808תַצְלִיחוּ׃tatzlichuyou will succeedH6743
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Acts 5:39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
- Numbers 10:8-98 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come. 9 When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
- Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
- Numbers 31:6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
- Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
- Jeremiah 50:24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 20:4For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
- Ezekiel 17:9Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
- Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
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