for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
Parallel translations
- KJV For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
- BSB For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
- NKJV for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.
- NASB for I will provide you eloquence and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to oppose or refute.
- NLT for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!
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- Jer 1:9Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
- Eph 6:19on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
- Luke 12:12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
- Acts 6:10They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
- Exod 4:11–12Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?
- Col 4:3–4praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
- 2 Tim 4:16–17At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
- Luke 24:45Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
- Prov 2:6For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
- Jas 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
- Acts 4:8–13Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
- Acts 4:31–33When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
- Acts 26:28Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
- Acts 2:4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
- Acts 24:25As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”
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