2 Chronicles 25:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ But if you suppose that in this way you will be strong for war, God will cast you down before the enemy; for God has power to help or to cast down.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For if you go [in spite of warning], no matter how strong you are for battle, God will cast you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to cast down.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But if thou wilt go, do valiantly, be strong for the battle: God will cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

Common English Bible

⁸ Should you go with them anyway, even if you fight fiercely, God will make you stumble before the enemy, because God has the ability to either help or make someone stumble.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But if you think that a war stands by the strength of the army, God will cause you to be overwhelmed by the enemies. For indeed, it belongs to God to assist, and to put to flight."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And if thou think that battles consist in the strength of the army, God will make thee to be overcome by the enemies: for it belongeth to God both to help, and to put to flight.

2 Chronicles 25:8 Cross References

2 Chronicles 1:12

wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.”

2 Chronicles 14:11

And Asa cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like thee to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.”

2 Chronicles 18:14

And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?” And he answered, “Go up and triumph; they will be given into your hand.”

2 Chronicles 20:6

and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, art thou not God in heaven? Dost thou not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In thy hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.

2 Chronicles 26:7

God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabs that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Me-unites.

Job 5:18

For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal.

Job 9:13

“God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.

Psalm 20:7

Some boast of chariots, and some of horses; but we boast of the name of the Lord our God.

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein;

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to naught; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 33:16

A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 62:11

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God;

Psalm 89:43

Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and thou hast not made him stand in battle.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

Haggai 2:8

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 26:45

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Deuteronomy 8:18

You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may confirm his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

Philippians 4:19

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Judges 7:7

And the Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will deliver you, and give the Midianites into your hand; and let all the others go every man to his home.”

1 Samuel 14:6

And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us; for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”