choose the best and most upright of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
2 Kings 10:4 - The Scriptures 1998 And they were greatly afraid, and said, “Look, two sovereigns have not stood before him, how do we stand, we?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they were exceedingly afraid and reasoned, The two kings could not stand before [Jehu]; how then can we stand? American Standard Version (1901) But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? Common English Bible But they were frozen with fear. They said, “Not even two kings could resist him! How can we?” Catholic Public Domain Version But they were vehemently afraid, and they said: "Behold, two kings were not able to stand before him. So how will we be able to withstand him?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they were exceedingly afraid, and said: Behold, two kings could not stand before him, and how shall we be able to resist? |
choose the best and most upright of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
“Wrath is not in Me. Who would set thornbushes and weeds against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Who does stand before His rage? And who rises up in the heat of His displeasure? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks have been broken by Him.
“Or what sovereign, going to fight against another sovereign, does not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?