1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- 1 Kings 20:11
- Let not him, etc. This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan renders it: "Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it."
- 1 Samuel 14:6, 12, 13; 1 Samuel 17:44–47; Proverbs 27:1; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 10:15, 16; Matthew 26:33–35, 75