So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
Parallel translations
- KJV So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
- BSB So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
- NKJV So the Lord struck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
- NASB So the Lord routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
- NLT So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.
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- 2 Chr 13:15Then the men of Judah gave a shout. As the men of Judah shouted, God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- Ps 60:12Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
- Deut 28:7Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.
- 1 Cor 15:57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ps 136:17–18To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever;
- 1 Cor 9:26I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
- Josh 10:10Yahweh confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah.
- Exod 14:25He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”
- Deut 32:39“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
- 2 Chr 20:22When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.
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