2 Chronicles 20:12 “Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vas…”

2 Chronicles 20:12

Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

World English Bible

Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

American Standard Version

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

O our God, wilt thou not iudge them? for there is no strength in vs to stand before this great multitude that commeth against vs, neither doe wee knowe what to doe: but our eyes are toward thee.

Darby Translation

Our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might in presence of this great company which cometh against us, neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee.

Young's Literal Translation

'O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee [are] our eyes.'

Bible in Basic English

O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.

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Cross references

“wilt”

Deuteronomy 32:36 Psalm 9:19 Psalm 43:1 Judges 11:27 1 Samuel 3:13 Psalm 7:8

Deuteronomy 32:36 · BSB

For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

Psalm 9:19 · BSB

Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

Psalm 43:1 · BSB

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

Judges 11:27 · BSB

I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”

1 Samuel 3:13 · BSB

I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

Psalm 7:8 · BSB

The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.

“we have”

2 Samuel 14:11 1 Samuel 14:6 2 Corinthians 1:8 2 Corinthians 1:9

2 Samuel 14:11 · BSB

“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of…

1 Samuel 14:6 · BSB

Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or…

2 Corinthians 1:8 · BSB

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

2 Corinthians 1:9 · BSB

Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

“neither”

2 Kings 6:15

2 Kings 6:15 · BSB

When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

“our eyes”

Psalm 25:15 Psalm 141:8 Jonah 2:4 Psalm 121:1 Psalm 121:2 Psalm 123:1

Psalm 25:15 · BSB

My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.

Psalm 141:8 · BSB

But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

Jonah 2:4 · BSB

At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’

Psalm 121:1 · BSB

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

Psalm 121:2 · BSB

My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 123:1 · BSB

I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.

13Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

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