There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, a“Our hand is high;
And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock ahad sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?
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American Standard Version
Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
Amplified® Bible
Had I not feared the provocation of the foe, lest their enemies misconstrue it and lest they should say, Our own hand has prevailed; all this was not the work of the Lord.
Contemporary English Version
But I dreaded the sound of your enemies saying, 'We defeated Israel with no help from the LORD.' "
Darby English Version
If I did not fear provocation from the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it, Lest they should say, Our hand is high, and Jehovah has not done all this.
Good News Bible
But I could not let their enemies boast that they had defeated my people, when it was I myself who had crushed them.'
King James Version
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
New American Standard Bible
Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, "Our hand is triumphant, And the LORD has not done all this.'"
New International Version
but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand
and say, 'Our hand has triumphed;
the LORD has not done all this.' "
New King James Version
Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, “Our hand is high;
And it is not the LORD who has done all this.”’
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge,That they would say, " Our hand triumphs, And the LORD has not done all this."'
Revised Standard Version
had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge amiss, lest they should say, "Our hand is triumphant, the LORD has not wrought all this."'
Young's Literal Translation
If not -- the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know -- Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
New English Translation
But I fear the reaction1 of their enemies, for2 their adversaries would misunderstand and say, “Our power is great,3 and the Lord has not done all this!”’
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