And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his armor boast himself as he that puts it off.
Luke 14:31 - King James 2000 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first, and consults whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Or what king, going out to engage in conflict with another king, will not first sit down and consider and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand [men] to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? American Standard Version (1901) Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Common English Bible Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down to consider whether his ten thousand soldiers could go up against the twenty thousand coming against him? Catholic Public Domain Version Or, what king, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes against him with twenty thousand? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him? |
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his armor boast himself as he that puts it off.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice wage war.
Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation, and desires conditions of peace.