Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You who rejoice in Lodebar,
And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

King James Version

Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

Holman Bible

you who rejoice over Lo-debar
and say, “Didn’t we capture Karnaim
for ourselves by our own strength?”

International Standard Version

You rejoice in nothing worth mentioning that is, you keep on saying, "We captured Karnaim by our own strength of will and by our own effort, didn't we?'

A Conservative Version

ye who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

American Standard Version

ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

Amplified


You who [self-confidently] rejoice in Lo-debar (Nothing),
Who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim (Strength) for ourselves?”

Bible in Basic English

You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?

Darby Translation

ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, have We not taken to us power by our own strength?

Julia Smith Translation

Rejoicing to no word, saying, Did we not take horns by our strength?

King James 2000

You rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, Have we not taken to us authority by our own strength?

Lexham Expanded Bible

[You] who rejoice over Lo-Debar, who say, "Have we not taken Karnaim for ourselves by our strength?"

Modern King James verseion

you who rejoice in nothing, who say, Have we not taken horns to ourselves by our own strength?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea, even ye that rejoice in vain things: ye that say, 'Have not we obtained horns in our own strength?'

NET Bible

You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say, "Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?"

New Heart English Bible

you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'

The Emphasized Bible

Who rejoice in a thing of nought, - who say, Have we not by our own strength, taken to ourselves horns?

Webster

Ye who rejoice in a thing of naught, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

World English Bible

you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'

Youngs Literal Translation

O ye who are rejoicing at nothing, Who are saying, 'Have we not by our strength taken to ourselves horns?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂמח 
Sameach 
Usage: 20

in a thing
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

of nought

Usage: 0

Have we not taken
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

to us horns
קרן 
Qeren 
Usage: 76

References

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Context Readings

Yahweh Abhors Israel's Pride

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
13 You who rejoice in Lodebar,
And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the brook of the Arabah.”


Cross References

Isaiah 28:14-15

Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, O scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’

Exodus 32:18-19

But he said,
“It is not the sound of the cry of triumph,
Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat;
But the sound of singing I hear.”

Judges 9:19-20

if then you have dealt in truth and integrity with Jerubbaal and his house this day, rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.

Judges 9:27

They went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

Judges 16:23-25

Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said,
“Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.”

1 Samuel 4:5

As the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded.

2 Kings 13:25

Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of Jehoahaz his father. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.

2 Kings 14:12-14

Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent.

2 Kings 14:25

He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

2 Chronicles 28:6-8

For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah 120,000 in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.

Job 8:15

“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.

Job 31:25

If I have gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much;

Job 31:29

“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or exulted when evil befell him?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Isaiah 7:1

Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not conquer it.

Isaiah 7:4

and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.

Isaiah 8:6

“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

Isaiah 17:3-4

“The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
And sovereignty from Damascus
And the remnant of Aram;
They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord of hosts.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;

Jeremiah 50:11

“Because you are glad, because you are jubilant,
O you who pillage My heritage,
Because you skip about like a threshing heifer
And neigh like stallions,

Daniel 4:30

The king reflected and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’

Jonah 4:6

So the Lord God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant.

Habakkuk 1:15-16

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Zephaniah 3:11

“In that day you will feel no shame
Because of all your deeds
By which you have rebelled against Me;
For then I will remove from your midst
Your proud, exulting ones,
And you will never again be haughty
On My holy mountain.

John 16:20

Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.

James 4:16

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

Revelation 11:10

And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

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