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1 Kings 20:11

And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

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ASV

And 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.

KJV

And 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.

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּ֤עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
דַּבְּר֔וּda.be.RuspeakH1696 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
יִתְהַלֵּ֥לyit.ha.Lelhe boastH1984 →
חֹגֵ֖רcho.Ger[one who] girds onH2296 →
כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ׃kim.fa.Te.achlike [one who] loosensH6605 →

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Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.1 Samuel 17:44–47“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”Isaiah 10:15–16Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!Judges 8:6But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”1 Samuel 14:12–13So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan 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 by few.”Matthew 26:75Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.Matthew 26:33–35Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”Judges 4:10where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.Judges 8:24Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)Judges 9:29If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”Job 41:8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!Luke 14:31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?Matthew 26:40Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.Romans 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.2 Kings 3:21Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.

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The Israelites Slaughter the Syrians — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Israelites Slaughter the Syrians — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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