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.

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。」

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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。

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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.’

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 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.’

He did all this so you would never say to yourself,‘ I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’

He boasts,“ By my own powerful arm I have done this. With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it. I have broken down the defenses of nations and carried off their treasures. I have knocked down their kings like a bull.

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

Then he said to me,“ This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.

Your heart was filled with pride because of all your beauty. Your wisdom was corrupted by your love of splendor. So I threw you to the ground and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.

“ Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord:“ In your great pride you claim,‘ I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’ But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are a god.

And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.

We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God,“ O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”

As he looked out across the city, he said,‘ Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’

But you must not brag about being grafted in to replace the branches that were broken off. You are just a branch, not the root.

But I feared the taunt of Israel’s enemy, who might misunderstand and say,“ Our own power has triumphed! The Lord had nothing to do with this!”’

“ Let’s go across to the outpost of those pagans,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer.“ Perhaps the Lord will help us, for nothing can hinder the Lord. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!”

This is what the Lord says:“ Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches.

Human pride will be humbled, and human arrogance will be brought down. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment.

Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them.“ These nets are the gods who have made us rich!” they will claim.

“ The Lord will give victory to the rest of Judah first, before Jerusalem, so that the people of Jerusalem and the royal line of David will not have greater honor than the rest of Judah.

Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the Lord will be exalted on that day of judgment.

Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.

And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,“ God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”