2 Chronicles 13:12
What does 2 Chronicles 13:12 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 13:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And, 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And lo, with us--at <FI>our<Fi> head--<FI> is<Fi> God, and His priests and trumpets of shouting to shout against you; O sons of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah, God of your fathers, for ye do not prosper.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Therefore God is the leader in our army, and his priests who sound with trumpets, and resound against you: O children of Israel, fight not against the Lord the God of your fathers, for it is not good for you.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And behold, we haveGod with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah theGod of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Context
v.11and they burn unto Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense: the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.
v.12This passage
v.13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 40:9
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- Jeremiah 2:37
From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.
- 2 Chronicles 24:20
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.
- Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- Acts 9:4
and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
- Job 9:4
He iswise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—