2-Kings - 18:24

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24 How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
And how can you stand against one lord of the least of my master's servants? Dost thou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?
How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:
How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain, even of the least of my masters servants? and yet thou puttest thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
So how can you resist one prince from the least of my lord's servants? Do you have faith in Egypt because of the chariots and horsemen?

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