The Lord said to Gideon,“ You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me,‘ My own strength has saved me.’

耶和华对基甸说：“跟随你的人过多，我不能将米甸人交在他们手中，免得以色列人向我夸大，说：‘是我们自己的手救了我们。’

耶和华对基甸说：“跟随你的人太多，我不能把米甸交在他们手中，免得以色列向我自夸，说：‘是我自己的手救了我。’

耶和华对基甸说：“跟随你的人太多，我不能把米甸交在他们手中，免得以色列向我自夸，说：‘是我自己的手救了我。’

耶和华对基甸说：“你的人太多了，我不能把米甸人交在你们手中，免得以色列人以为是靠自己的力量救了自己。

耶和华对基甸说：“与你在一起的人太多，我不能把米甸人交在你们手中，免得以色列人向我自夸：‘是我们自己的手救了我们。’

耶和華對基甸說：「跟隨你的人過多，我不能將米甸人交在他們手中，免得以色列人向我誇大，說：『是我們自己的手救了我們。』

耶和華對基甸說：「跟隨你的人太多，我不能把米甸交在他們手中，免得以色列向我自誇，說：『是我自己的手救了我。』

耶和華對基甸說：「跟隨你的人太多，我不能把米甸交在他們手中，免得以色列向我自誇，說：『是我自己的手救了我。』

耶和華對基甸說：「你的人太多了，我不能把米甸人交在你們手中，免得以色列人以為是靠自己的力量救了自己。

耶和華對基甸說：“與你在一起的人太多，我不能把米甸人交在你們手中，免得以色列人向我自誇：‘是我們自己的手救了我們。’

永恆主對基甸說：『跟從你的眾民太多、過於我要把米甸人交在他們手中的，免得以色列人向我炫耀自己說：「是我自己的手拯救了我的。」

耶和華諭基甸曰、從爾者過眾、我不以米甸人付於其手、免以色列人向我自詡曰、我手自救、

耶和華諭其田曰、從爾者過眾、如我以米田人付於其手、恐以色列族必自誇詡、違逆乎我、謂己有能、是以得救。

主諭基甸曰、從爾之民過眾、我不欲以米甸人付於其手、恐以色列人向我自誇曰、我得救援、乃藉己力、乃藉己力原文作是我手救我

The Lord said to Gideon,“ I want to hand Midian over to you. But you have too many men for me to do that. Then Israel might brag,‘ My own strength has saved me.’

The Lord said to Gideon,“ The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying,‘ My own hand has saved me.’

The Lord said to Gideon,“ You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength.

The LORD said to Gideon,“ You have too many troops for me to hand the Midianites over to them, or else Israel might elevate themselves over me and say,‘ I saved myself.’

And the Lord said to Gideon,“ The people who are with you are too many for Me to hand Midian over to them, otherwise Israel would become boastful, saying,‘ My own power has saved me.’

And the Lord said to Gideon,“ The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying,‘ My own hand has saved me.’

And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

The Lord said to Gideon,“ You have too many people for Me to hand the Midianites over to you, or else Israel might brag:‘ I did it myself.’

And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that[ are] with thee[ are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

The LORD said to Gideon,“ You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘ Our own strength has delivered us.’

Yahweh said to Gideon,“ The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying,‘ My own hand has saved me.’

You may say to yourself,“ My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.”

For he says:“‘ By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things— and the things that are not— to nullify the things that are,so that no one may boast before him.

So he said to me,“ This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:‘ Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.

not by works, so that no one can boast.

Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.

“ Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says:“‘ In the pride of your heart you say,“ I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas.” But you are a mere mortal and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.

My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said,“ Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”

he said,“ Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”

do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

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.’”

Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer,“ Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”

This is what the Lord says:“ Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches,

The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.

“ The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.

The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:“ God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”