Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?
Isaiah 36:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom, then, do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do you suppose that mere words of the lips can pass for warlike counsel and strength? Now in whom do you trust and on whom do you rely, that you rebel against me? [II Kings 18:7.] American Standard Version (1901) I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me? Common English Bible Do you think that empty words are the same as good strategy and the strength to fight? Who are you trusting that you now rebel against me? Catholic Public Domain Version And by what counsel or strength would you prepare to rebel? In whom do you have faith, so much so that you would withdraw from me? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? On whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from me? |
Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?
The Lord was with him; wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him.
In his days King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up; Jehoiakim became his servant for three years, then turned and rebelled against him.
Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah so angered the Lord that he expelled them from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?