select the best and fittest of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne and fight for your master’s house.”
2 Kings 10:4 - English Standard Version 2016 But they were exceedingly afraid and said, “Behold, the two kings could not stand before him. How then can we stand?” Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they were exceedingly afraid and reasoned, The two kings could not stand before [Jehu]; how then can we stand? American Standard Version (1901) But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? Common English Bible But they were frozen with fear. They said, “Not even two kings could resist him! How can we?” Catholic Public Domain Version But they were vehemently afraid, and they said: "Behold, two kings were not able to stand before him. So how will we be able to withstand him?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they were exceedingly afraid, and said: Behold, two kings could not stand before him, and how shall we be able to resist? |
select the best and fittest of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne and fight for your master’s house.”
And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart, and he sank in his chariot.
When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him and said, “Shoot him also.” And they shot him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.
Lay your hands on him; remember the battle—you will not do it again!
I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together.
Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?