2 Chronicles 25:8 “Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you bef…”

2 Chronicles 25:8

Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

World English Bible

But if you will go, take action, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.”

American Standard Version

But if thou wilt go, do valiantly, be strong for the battle: God will cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

Geneva Bible 1599

If not, goe thou on, doe it, make thy selfe strong to the battel, but God shall make thee fall before the enemie: for God hath power to helpe, and to cast downe.

Darby Translation

But if thou wilt go, do [it]; be strong for the battle: God will make thee fall before the enemy, for there is with God power to help and to cast down.

Young's Literal Translation

but if thou art going — do [it], be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.'

Bible in Basic English

But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.

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Cross references

“be strong”

2 Chronicles 18:14 Ecclesiastes 11:9 Joel 3:9–14 Matthew 26:45 Isaiah 8:9 Isaiah 8:10

2 Chronicles 18:14 · BSB

When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be delivered into your hand.”

Ecclesiastes 11:9 · BSB

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judg…

Joel 3:9–14 · BSB

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

Matthew 26:45 · BSB

Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Isaiah 8:9 · BSB

Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

Isaiah 8:10 · BSB

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us. ”

“God hath power”

2 Chronicles 14:11 2 Chronicles 20:6 Judges 7:7 1 Samuel 14:6 Job 5:18 Job 9:13

2 Chronicles 14:11 · BSB

Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O…

2 Chronicles 20:6 · BSB

and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.

Judges 7:7 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”

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…

Job 5:18 · BSB

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

Job 9:13 · BSB

God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

“The Lord”

Philippians 4:19 2 Chronicles 1:12 Deuteronomy 8:18 Psalm 24:1 Proverbs 10:22 Haggai 2:8

Philippians 4:19 · BSB

And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

2 Chronicles 1:12 · BSB

therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.”

Deuteronomy 8:18 · BSB

But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

Psalm 24:1 · BSB

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

Proverbs 10:22 · BSB

The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

Haggai 2:8 · BSB

The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.

Also

Psalm 33:10

Psalm 33:10 · BSB

The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

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

In context

7But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.

9Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

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