8And if thou think that battles consist in the strength of the army, God will make thee to be overcome by the enemies: for it belongeth to God both to help, and to put to flight.


In Context

5 Amasias therefore gathered Juda together, and appointed them by families, and captains of thousands and of hundreds in all Juda, and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found three hundred thousand young men that could go out to battle, and could hold the spear and shield.

6 He hired also of Israel a hundred thousand valiant men, for a hundred talents of silver.

7 But a man of God came to him, and said: O king, let not the army of Israel go out with thee, for the Lord is not with Israel, and all the children of Ephraim:

8 And if thou think that battles consist in the strength of the army, God will make thee to be overcome by the enemies: for it belongeth to God both to help, and to put to flight.

9 And Amasias said to the man of God: What will then become of the hundred talents which I have given to the soldiers of Israeli and the man of God answered him: The Lord is rich enough to be able to give thee much more than this.

10 Then Amasias separated the army, that came to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: but they being much enraged against Juda, returned to their own country.

2 Chronicles 25:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:8But 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:8But if thou wilt go, do valiantly, be strong for the battle: God shall cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God will make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8But if you will go, take action, be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8but 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8But if you will go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make you fall before the enemy: for God has power to help, and to cast down.