11The king of Israel answered, "Tell him: 'One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.' "
11The king of Israel answered, "Tell him: 'One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.' "
8 The elders and the people all answered, "Don't listen to him or agree to his demands."
9 So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, "Tell my lord the king, 'Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.' " They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.
10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful."
11 The king of Israel answered, "Tell him: 'One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.' "
12 Ben-Hadad heard this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he ordered his men: "Prepare to attack." So they prepared to attack the city.
13 Meanwhile a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and announced, "This is what the Lord says: 'Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and then you will know that I am the Lord .' "
20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him,] Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off.
20:11And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.
20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.
20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!
20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.
20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
20:11The king of Israel answered, |Tell him, 'Don't let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.'|
20:11And the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing his armour.'
20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that puts it off.