Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their God is a God of the mountains—that’s why they were stronger than us. But let’s fight against them in the plain. Then surely we’ll be stronger than them.
Jeremiah 23:23 - Tree of Life Version “Am I God only when near” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “and not God when far off? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off? American Standard Version (1901) Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off? Common English Bible The LORD declares, Am I a God who is only nearby and not far off? Catholic Public Domain Version Do you not realize that I am a God close by, says the Lord, and not a God far away? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? |
Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their God is a God of the mountains—that’s why they were stronger than us. But let’s fight against them in the plain. Then surely we’ll be stronger than them.
Then a man of God approached the king of Israel and spoke to him saying, “Thus says Adonai: Because the Arameans have said, ‘Adonai is a God of the mountains, but He is not a God of the valleys,’ therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Adonai.”
They were to search for Him, and perhaps grope around for Him and find Him. Yet He is not far from each one of us,