1 Kings 20:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹¹ And the king of Israel answered and said, tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ The king of Israel answered, Tell him: Let not him who girds on his harness boast as he who puts it off.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Then Israel’s king replied, “The one who prepares for battle shouldn’t brag like one returning from battle.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And responding, the king of Israel said, "Tell him that one who is girded should not boast the same as one who is ungirded."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And the king of Israel answering said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.

1 Kings 20:11 Cross References

2 Kings 3:21

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood on the border.

Job 41:8

Lay thine hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

Proverbs 27:1

Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but fame and chance happeneth to them all.

Jeremiah 46:17

They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Matthew 26:75

And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

1 Samuel 14:6

And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.