‘Now get up! Go out and encourage your soldiers, for I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the trouble that has come to you from your youth until now! ’
Proverbs 14:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A large population is a king’s splendour, but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In a multitude of people is the king's glory, but in a lack of people is the prince's ruin. American Standard Version (1901) In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. Common English Bible A king’s glory is a large population, but a dwindling people is a ruler’s ruin. Catholic Public Domain Version In a multitude of people, there is dignity for the king. And in a paucity of people, there is disgrace for the prince. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of people the dishonour of the prince. |
‘Now get up! Go out and encourage your soldiers, for I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the trouble that has come to you from your youth until now! ’
Joab replied to the king, ‘May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times more than they are #– #while my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king want to do this? ’
The Israelites mobilised, gathered supplies, and went to fight them. The Israelites camped in front of them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the landscape.
Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing.
But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
Pharaoh then commanded all his people, ‘You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.’
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning people away from the snares of death.
A patient person shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
Look up and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?