Parallel Verses

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."

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.

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 "Band together, you nations, but be shattered! Listen, all you distant countries! Strap on your armor, but be shattered. 10 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." 11 For this is what the LORD spoke to me, as his forceful hand was resting on me, and as he was warning me not to live the way this people were living:


Cross References

Romans 8:31

What, then, can we say about all of this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Job 5:12

He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds.

Psalm 46:7

The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; our refuge is the God of Jacob. Interlude

Isaiah 7:14

"Therefore the LORD himself will give you a sign. Watch! The virgin is conceiving a child, and will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.

Deuteronomy 20:1

"When you go to war against your enemies and observe more horses, chariots, and soldiers than you have, don't be afraid of them, for the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt is with you.

Joshua 1:5

No one will be victorious against you for the rest of your life. I'll be with you just like I was with Moses I'll neither fail you nor abandon you.

2 Samuel 15:31

Just then, someone told David, "Ahithophel is one of Absalom's conspirators!" So David prayed, "LORD, please turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness."

2 Samuel 17:4

Even though this plan seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all of the elders of Israel,

2 Samuel 17:23

Meanwhile, when Ahithophel observed that his counsel was not being acted upon, he saddled his donkey, got up, and left for his hometown. Leaving behind a set of orders for his household, he hanged himself. After his death he was buried in his father's tomb.

2 Chronicles 13:12

Now listen! God is with us to lead us, and his priests are about to sound their battle trumpets against you. Descendants of Israel, don't fight against the LORD God of your ancestors, because you won't succeed!"

2 Chronicles 33:7-8

He also placed an image that he had carved in God's Temple, the place about which God had told to David and to his son Solomon, "I will place my name in this Temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,"

Psalm 2:1-2

Why are the nations in an uproar, and their people involved in a vain plot?

Psalm 33:10-11

The LORD makes void the counsel of nations; he frustrates the plans of nations.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.

Psalm 46:11

The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Interlude To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah.

Psalm 83:3-18

They plot against your people and conspire against your cherished ones.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, insight, or counsel can prevail against the LORD.

Isaiah 7:5-7

Aram, Ephraim, and Remaliah's son have plotted this evil against you:

Isaiah 8:8

"It's the king of Assyria and all of his arrogance! He will rise over all of the river's channels and run over all of its banks. He will sweep on into Judah, overflowing as he passes through, like flood waters reaching up to a person's neck. His outstretched wings will flow as wide as your land, O Immanuel!"

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 41:10

Don't be afraid, because I'm with you; don't be anxious, because I am your God. I keep on strengthening you; I'm truly helping you. I'm surely upholding you with my victorious right hand."

Lamentations 3:37

Who can command, and it happens, without the Lord having ordered it?

Nahum 1:9-12

What are you scheming against the LORD? He will bring about utter desolation adversity will not strike twice!

Matthew 1:23

"See, a virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,"

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to obey everything that I've commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age."

Acts 5:38-39

"I'm telling you to keep away from these men for now. Leave them alone, because if this plan or movement is of human origin, it will fail.

Romans 8:13

For if you live according to human nature, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you continuously put to death the activities of the body, you will live.

1 John 4:4

Little children, you belong to God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

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