1 Kings 20:23 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

ASV Byzantine Text

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

Asang Khongca Bible

Syria siangpahrang ih tamnanawk mah anih hanah, nihcae ih sithawnawk loe mae ukkung sithaw ah oh o; to pong ni aicae pongah thacak o; toe nihcae to azawn ah tuh o si, to tiah nahaeloe nihcae pongah tha a cak o kue tih, tiah poekhaih kahoih to paek o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah Aram manghai kah sal rhoek loh, “Amih kah pathen tah tlang kah pathen ni. Te dongah mamih lakah tlung uh. Tedae amih te tlangkol ah m'vathoh thil koinih amih lakah n'tlung uh van mapawt nim?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah Aram manghai kah sal rhoek loh, “Amih kah pathen tah tlang kah pathen ni. Te dongah mamih lakah tlung uh. Tedae amih te tlangkol ah m'vathoh thil koinih amih lakah n'tlung uh van mapawt nim?

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Olelo aku la na kauwa a ke alii o Suria ia ia, He mau akua o na puu ko lakou mau akua; nolaila i oi ai ko lakou ikaika mamua o ko kakou. E kaua aku kakou ia lakou ma ka papu, a e oi io aku ko kakou ikaika mamua o ko lakou.

English Berean Standard Bible

Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Chèf ki te avèk wa Bennadad yo vin di l': -Bondye pèp Izrayèl yo se bondye mòn yo ye. Se poutèt sa yo bat nou jan yo bat nou an. Men, si nou goumen ak yo nan tè plat, wè pa wè, n'ap bat yo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Servi vero regis Syriæ dixerunt ei: Dii montium sunt dii eorum, ideo superaverunt nos: sed melius est ut pugnemus contra eos in campestribus, et obtinebimus eos.

Bible in Basic English

Then the king of Aram's servants said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; that is why they were stronger than we: but if we make an attack on them in the lowlands, we will certainly be stronger than they.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et les serviteurs du roi de Syrie lui dirent : Leurs dieux sont des dieux de montagnes ; c’est pourquoi ils ont été plus forts que nous ; mais si nous les combattons dans la plaine , certainement nous serons plus forts qu’eux.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Tedy služebníci krále Syrského řekli jemu: Bohové hor jsouť bohové jejich, protož nás přemohli; ale bojujme proti nim na rovinách, zvíš, nepřemůžeme-li jich.

Kosraean Bible

Mwet kol fulat lal Tokosra Benhadad elos fahk nu sel, “God lun mwet Israel ingan elos god fineol, pa pwanang mwet Israel elos kutangkutla. Tuh kut lulalfongi na yohk lah kut ac kutangulosla kut fin mweunelos yen tupasrpasr.

World Portuguese Bible

Os servos do rei da Síria lhe disseram: “O deus deles é um deus dos montes; por isso eles foram mais fortes do que nós. Mas vamos lutar contra eles na planície, e certamente seremos mais fortes do que eles.

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi servitorii împăratului Siriei i-au spus: Dumnezeii lor sunt dumnezei ai dealurilor; de aceea au fost mai tari decât noi; dar să luptăm împotriva lor în câmpie şi cu siguranţă noi vom fi mai tari decât ei.

Brenton English Septuagint

And the Lord spoke of Jezabel, saying, The dogs shall devour her within the fortification of Jezrael.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဗင်္ဟာဒဒ်မင်း၏မှူးမတ်များက``ဣသရေလ အမျိုးသားတို့၏ဘုရားများသည် တောင်ကို အစိုးရသောဘုရားများဖြစ်သဖြင့် အကျွန်ုပ် တို့အားဣသရေလအမျိုးသားတို့အနိုင်ရ ကြခြင်းဖြစ်ပါသည်။ အကျွန်ုပ်တို့သည်သူတို့ နှင့်လွင်ပြင်တွင်တိုက်ခိုက်ရကြပါမူသူတို့ အားဧကန်မုချအနိုင်ရကြပါလိမ့်မည်။-

Darby Translation

And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the mountains; therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them on the plateau, shall we not be stronger than they?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und die Knechte des Königs von Syrien sprachen zu ihm: Ihre Götter sind Berggötter, darum waren sie uns überlegen; jedoch laßt uns in der Ebene wider sie streiten, ob wir ihnen nicht überlegen sein werden!

Dutch Bible 1917

Want de knechten van den koning van Syrie hadden tot hem gezegd: Hun goden zijn berggoden, daarom zijn zij sterker geweest dan wij; maar zeker, laat ons tegen hen op het effen veld strijden, zo wij niet sterker zijn dan zij!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar de hovelingen van den koning van Aram zeiden tot hem: Hun god is een berggod; daarom waren ze sterker dan wij. Wanneer we echter in de vlakte tegen hen strijden, zullen we zeker sterker zijn.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ed i servitori del re di Siria gli dissero: Gl'iddii degl'Israeliti son dii delle montagne, e però ci hanno vinti; ma combattiamo contro a loro nella pianura, e tu vedrai se noi non li vinciamo.

Douay-Rheims 1899

But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they have overcome us: but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains, and we shall overcome them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the seruants of the King of Aram said vnto him, Their gods are gods of the moutaines, and therefore they ouercame vs: but let vs fight against them in the playne, and doubtlesse we shall ouercome them.

Danish Bible 1931

Men Aramæerkongens Folk sagde til ham: “Deres Gud er en Bjerggud, derfor blev de os for stærke; men lad os se, om vi ikke kan blive de stærkeste, når vi angriber dem på Slettelandet!

Leeser Tanakh

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Gods of the mountains are their gods; therefore they prevailed over us; but let us fight against them in the plain, [and see] whether we shall not prevail over them.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him: 'Their God is a God of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

King James Version

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Các đầy tớ của vua Sy-ri nói với người rằng: Thần của chúng nó là thần núi, cho nên chúng nó mạnh hơn chúng ta; nhưng chúng ta hãy giao chiến với chúng nó dưới đồng bằng; quả chúng ta sẽ thắng hơn chúng nó.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻae tuʻi ʻo Silia kiate ia, “Ko honau ngaahi ʻotua, ko e ʻotua ʻoe ngaahi moʻunga; ko ia naʻa nau mālohi hake ai ʻiate kitautolu; kae tuku ke tau tauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he tokalelei, pea ko e moʻoni te tau mālohi hake ʻiate kinautolu.

French Ostervald Bible

Or les serviteurs du roi de Syrie lui dirent: Leur dieu est un dieu de montagnes, c'est pourquoi ils ont été plus forts que nous; mais combattons contre eux dans la plaine, nous l'emporterons bien sur eux.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj la servantoj de la reĝo de Sirio diris al li: Ilia Dio estas Dio de montoj, tial ili venkis nin; sed se ni batalos kontraŭ ili sur ebenaĵo, ni certe venkos ilin.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Les serviteurs du roi de Syrie lui dirent: Leur dieu est un dieu de montagnes; c’est pourquoi ils ont été plus forts que nous. Mais combattons-les dans la plaine, et l’on verra si nous ne serons pas plus forts qu’eux.

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn die Knechte des Königs von Syrien sprachen zu ihm: Ihre Götter sind Berggötter; darum haben sie uns überwunden. O daß wir mit ihnen auf der Ebene streiten müßten! Was gilt's, wir wollten sie überwinden!

LXX2012 U. S. English

And the Lord spoke of Jezabel, saying, The dogs shall devour her within the fortification of Jezrael.

British English Septuagint 2012

And the Lord spoke of Jezabel, saying, The dogs shall devour her within the fortification of Jezrael.

Majority Standard BIble

Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.

Webster Bible

And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

Revised Version

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

Italian Riveduta Bible

I servi del re di Siria gli dissero: “Gli dèi d’Israele son dèi di montagna; per questo ci hanno vinti; ma diamo la battaglia in pianura, e li vinceremo di certo.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Les serviteurs du roi de Syrie lui dirent : « Leur dieu est un dieu des montagnes, c'est pourquoi ils ont été plus forts que nous. Mais combattons-les dans la plaine, et sûrement nous serons plus forts qu'eux.

Reina Valera 1909

Y los siervos del rey de Siria le dijeron: Sus dioses son dioses de los montes, por eso nos han vencido; mas si peleáremos con ellos en la llanura, se verá si no los vencemos.

Spanish BLL

Por su parte, los oficiales del rey de Siria le dijeron a su soberano: “Sus dioses son dioses de las colinas; por eso nos vencieron. Pero si peleamos contra ellos en el llano, con seguridad les ganaremos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y los siervos del rey de Siria le dijeron: «Sus dioses son dioses de los montes, por eso nos han vencido; mas si peleáramos con ellos en la llanura, se verá si no somos más fuertes.

Croatian Bible

Sluge su savjetovale aramejskog kralja: Njihov bog je bog gora, i zato su bili jači od nas. Ali ako se pobijemo s njima u ravnici, sigurno ćemo mi biti jači od njih.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A caru sirskom rekoše sluge njegove: Njihovi su bogovi gorski bogovi, zato nas nadjačaše; nego da se bijemo s njima u polju, za celo ćemo ih nadjačati.

German Textbibel

Die Diener des Königs von Aram aber sprachen zu diesem: Ein Berggott ist ihr Gott - darum haben sie uns überwunden! Aber könnten wir nur in der Ebene mit ihnen kämpfen, so wollten wir sie gewiß überwinden!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And the Lord spoke of Jezebel, saying, The dogs shall devour her within the fortification of Jezreel.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְעַבְדֵ֨י מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֜ם אָמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָרִים֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן חָזְק֣וּ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְאוּלָ֗ם נִלָּחֵ֤ם אִתָּם֙ בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹר אִם־לֹ֥א נֶחֱזַ֖ק מֵהֶֽם׃