KJV King James Version
With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 32:8
With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
WEB World English Bible
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh our God to help us, and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
ASV American Standard Version
with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
With him is an arm of flesh, and with us is Jehovah our God, to help us, and to fight our battles;’ and the people are supported by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 32
5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo [in] the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for [there be] more with us than with him:
8 With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,
10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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עִמּוֹ֙H5973 · imwithזְר֣וֹעַH2220 · ze.ro.aarmבָּשָׂ֔רH1320 · ba.sarfleshוְעִמָּ֜נוּH5973 · imwithיְהוָ֤הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙H430 · e.lo.himGodלְעָזְרֵ֔נוּH5826 · a.zarto helpוּלְהִלָּחֵ֖םH3898 · la.chamto fightמִלְחֲמֹתֵ֑נוּH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleוַיִּסָּמְכ֣וּH5564 · sa.makhto supportהָעָ֔םH5971 · ampeopleעַל־H5921 · aluponדִּבְרֵ֖יH1697 · da.varwordיְחִזְקִיָּ֥הוּH2396 · chiz.qiy.yahHezekiahמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָֽה׃ פH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudah
Cross-references
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.2 Chronicles 20:17Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.Acts 18:10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.2 Chronicles 20:15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God’s.Isaiah 41:10Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.Psalm 46:11The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.2 Chronicles 13:12And, behold, God himself [is] with us for [our] captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.2 Chronicles 14:11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou [art] our God; let not man prevail against thee.Deuteronomy 20:1When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 20:4For the LORD your God [is] he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?Isaiah 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us.Proverbs 12:25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.Psalm 46:7The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.Isaiah 36:18[Beware] lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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