Parallel Verses

Amplified


“Take counsel together [against Judah], but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, but it will not stand,
For God is with us (Immanuel).”

New American Standard Bible

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;
State a proposal, but it will not stand,
For God is with us.”

King James Version

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Holman Bible

Devise a plan; it will fail.
Make a prediction; it will not happen.
For God is with us.

International Standard Version

Take counsel together, but it will all be for nothing; go ahead and talk, but it will all be for nothing, for God is with us."

A Conservative Version

Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nothing. Speak the word, and it shall not stand, for God is with us.

American Standard Version

Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Bible in Basic English

Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.

Darby Translation

Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Julia Smith Translation

Counsel ye, counsel, and it shall be dispersed; speak the word and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

King James 2000

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{Make a plan}, but it will be frustrated! Speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us!

Modern King James verseion

Counsel a counsel, and it is frustrated. Speak a word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Take your counsel together, yet must your counsel come to nought; go in hand withal, yet shall it not prosper. For God is with us.

NET Bible

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

New Heart English Bible

Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us."

The Emphasized Bible

Determine a plan, - and it shall be frustrated, - Speak a word, and it shall not stand, For With-us-is-GOD!

Webster

Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

World English Bible

Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us."

Youngs Literal Translation

Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עוּץ 
`uwts 
Usage: 2

עוּץ 
`uwts 
Usage: 2

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

the word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

and it shall not stand
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

References

Context Readings

Shiloah Waters And Euphrates Flood

9
“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered!
Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries.
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered;
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.
10 
“Take counsel together [against Judah], but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, but it will not stand,
For God is with us (Immanuel).”
11 For in this way the Lord spoke to me with His strong hand [upon me] and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people [behaving as they do], saying,


Cross References

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us?

Job 5:12


“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.

Psalm 46:7


The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Listen carefully, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will call his name Immanuel (God with us).

Deuteronomy 20:1

“When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you.

Joshua 1:5

No man will [be able to] stand before you [to oppose you] as long as you live. Just as I was [present] with Moses, so will I be with you; I will not fail you or abandon you.

2 Samuel 15:31

David was told, “Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 17:4

So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out and went to his home, to his city. Then he put his household in order, and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

2 Chronicles 13:12

Behold, God is with us at our head, and His priests [are here] with their signal trumpets to sound an alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.”

2 Chronicles 33:7-8

Then he set the carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name [and the symbol of my Presence] forever;

Psalm 2:1-2

Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?

Psalm 33:10-11


The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],
A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

Psalm 46:11


The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

Psalm 83:3-18


They concoct crafty schemes against Your people,
And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.

Proverbs 21:30


There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.

Isaiah 7:5-7

Because Aram, along with Ephraim (Israel) and the son of Remaliah, have planned evil against you (Judah), saying,

Isaiah 8:8


“Then it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and pass through [the hills],
Reaching even to the neck [of which Jerusalem is the head],
And its outstretched wings (the armies of Assyria) will fill the width of Your land, O Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6


For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given;
And the government shall be upon His shoulder,
And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 41:10


‘Do not fear [anything], for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you;
I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’

Lamentations 3:37


Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it?

Nahum 1:9-12


Whatever [plot] you [Assyrians] devise against the Lord,
He will make a complete end of it;
Affliction [of God’s people by the hand of Assyria] will not occur twice.

Matthew 1:23

Behold, the virgin shall be with child and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel”—which, when translated, means, “God with us.”

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”

Acts 5:38-39

So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men [merely human in origin], it will fail and be destroyed;

Romans 8:13

for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever.

1 John 4:4

Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind].

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