He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
- BSB “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
- NKJV Then he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the people of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
- NASB And he said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come to help you.
- NLT “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then come over and help me,” Joab told his brother. “And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will come and help you.
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- Gal 6:2Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
- Luke 22:32but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
- Neh 4:20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
- Phil 1:27–28Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
- Rom 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
- 1 Chr 19:9–12The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
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