Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
2 Chronicles 12:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nevertheless, they shall be his servants, that they may know [the difference between] My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. Common English Bible Nevertheless, they will be subject to him so that they learn the difference between serving me and serving other nations. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, they shall serve him, so that they may know the difference between my servitude, and the servitude of a kingdom of the lands." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But yet they shall serve him, that they may know the difference between my service, and the service of a kingdom of the earth. |
Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
only that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;