And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
2 Kings 18:23 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore come over to my master the king of the Assyrians: and I will give you two thousand horses, and see whether you be able to have riders for them. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So now, make a wager and give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria: I will deliver you 2,000 horses–if you can on your part put riders on them. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. Common English Bible “So now make a wager with my master, Assyria’s king. I’ll give you two thousand horses if you can supply the riders! Catholic Public Domain Version Now therefore, cross over to my lord, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give to you two thousand horses, and we will see if you even have enough riders for them. English Standard Version 2016 Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. |
And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive.
But if you say to me: We trust in the Lord our God: Is it not he, whose high places and altars Ezechias hath taken away; and hath commanded Juda and Jerusalem: You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
And how can you stand against one lord of the least of my master's servants? Dost thou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
And when the Philistine looked, and beheld David, he despised him. For he was a young man, ruddy, and of a comely countenance.
And he said to David: Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.