Parallel Verses

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.

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).”

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 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries, prepare yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;
State a proposal, but it will not stand,
For God is with us.”
11 For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,


Cross References

Romans 8:31

What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who shall be against us?

Job 5:12

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

Psalm 46:7

The LORD of the hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel.

Deuteronomy 20:1

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies and seest horses and chariots and a people more than thou, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Joshua 1:5

No one shall be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.

2 Samuel 15:31

And it was told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into folly.

2 Samuel 17:4

And this word seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and of all the elders of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:23

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order and hanged himself and died and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

2 Chronicles 13:12

And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for ye shall not prosper.

2 Chronicles 33:7-8

In addition to this, he set a graven image, 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 over all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever;

Psalm 2:1-2

Why do the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine a vain thing?

Psalm 33:10-11

The LORD brings the counsel of the Gentiles to nought; he makes the devices of the peoples of no effect.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in tribulation.

Psalm 46:11

The LORD of the hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 83:3-18

They have taken prudent counsel in secret against thy people and consulted against thy hidden ones.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor intelligence nor counsel against the LORD.

Isaiah 7:5-7

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have taken evil counsel against thee saying,

Isaiah 8:8

And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government is placed upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called The Wonderful One, The Counsellor, The God, The Mighty One, The Eternal Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear for I am with thee; do not be dismayed, for I am thy God, who strengthens thee; I will help thee always; I will always uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Lamentations 3:37

Mem Who shall he be that saith that something comes which the Lord has not sent?

Nahum 1:9-12

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end; he will not hold back the tribulation the second time.

Matthew 1:23

Behold, a virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God With Us.

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, behold, I am with you always even unto the end of the age. Amen.

Acts 5:38-39

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men and let them alone; for if this counsellor or this work is of men, it will come to nought,

Romans 8:13

For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die; but if through the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

1 John 4:4

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

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