But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
2 Chronicles 14:6 - New Revised Standard Version He built fortified cities in Judah while the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the Lord gave him peace. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the Lord gave him peace. American Standard Version (1901) And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest. Common English Bible When the land was at peace, he built fortified cities in Judah; there was no war in those years because the LORD had given him rest. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, he built fortified cities in Judah. For it was quiet, and in his time no wars had arisen. For the Lord was generously granting peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He built also strong cities in Juda: for he was quiet, and there had no wars risen in his time, the Lord giving peace. |
But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.
Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the ordinances that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid or dismayed.
See, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of peace. I will give him peace from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
All Judah rejoiced over the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the ways of Israel.
And the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God, and in accordance with the law and the commandments, to seek his God, he did with all his heart; and he prospered.
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a boy, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the sacred poles, and the carved and the cast images.
When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or an individual?—
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
“So perish all your enemies, O Lord! But may your friends be like the sun as it rises in its might.” And the land had rest forty years.