The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills, and so they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
Jeremiah 23:23 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Am I a God near by, says the Lord, and not a God far off? Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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? |
The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills, and so they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
A man of God approached and said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord: Because the Arameans have said, ‘The Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys,’ therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us.