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Bishop's Bible

2 Chronicles 15:7

Play ye therefore the men, and let not your handes slacke: for your worke shal be rewarded.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Courage;   Faith;   Liberality;   Prayer;   Preaching;   Repentance;   Revivals;   Simeon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Azariah;   Battle of Life;   Be Strong;   Conflict, Spiritual;   Fight of Faith;   Spiritual;   Strong, Be;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Oded;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Asa;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Azariah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asa;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for February 17;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But as for you, be strong; don’t give up, for your work has a reward.”
Hebrew Names Version
But be you strong, and don't let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
King James Version
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
English Standard Version
But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."
New Century Version
But you should be strong. Don't give up, because you will get a reward for your good work."
New English Translation
But as for you, be strong and don't get discouraged, for your work will be rewarded."
Amplified Bible
"But as for you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work."
New American Standard Bible
"But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is a reward for your work."
World English Bible
But be you strong, and don't let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your handes be weake: for your worke shall haue a rewarde.
Legacy Standard Bible
But you, be strong and do not let your hands fall limp, for there is reward for your work."
Berean Standard Bible
But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded."
Contemporary English Version
So you must be brave. Don't give up! God will honor you for obeying him.
Complete Jewish Bible
But you, be strong, and don't slack off; for your work will be rewarded."
Darby Translation
But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Asa, you and the people of Judah and Benjamin, be strong. Don't be weak and don't give up, because you will get a reward for your good work!"
George Lamsa Translation
Because we had forsaken our God and would not listen to the voice of his servants, the prophets; so he rewarded us according to our works.
Good News Translation
But you must be strong and not be discouraged. The work that you do will be rewarded."
Lexham English Bible
But as for you, be strong and let not your hands be weak, for there is reward for your labor."
Literal Translation
But you, you be strong, and do not let your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But be ye stronge, and let not youre handes be feble: for youre worke hath his rewarde.
American Standard Version
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
Bible in Basic English
But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.'
King James Version (1611)
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands bee weake: for your worke shall be rewarded.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.
English Revised Version
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack: for your work shall be rewarded.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but be ye coumfortid, and youre hondis be not slakid; for mede schal be to youre werk.
Update Bible Version
But be strong, and don't let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
Webster's Bible Translation
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded.
New King James Version
But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!"
New Living Translation
But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded."
New Life Bible
But you be strong. Do not lose strength of heart. For you will be paid for your work."
New Revised Standard
But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ye, therefore, be strong, and let not your hands be slack, - for there is a reward for your work!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands be weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.
Revised Standard Version
But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."
Young's Literal Translation
and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'
THE MESSAGE
"But it's different with you: Be strong. Take heart. Payday is coming!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work."

Contextual Overview

1 And the spirite of God came on Azaria the sonne of Obed, 2 And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him: Heare me Asa, and al Iuda and Beniamin, the Lorde is with you, while ye be with him: and when ye seeke him, he wyll be founde of you: and againe when ye forsake him, he also wyll forsake you. 3 Nowe for a long season Israel hath ben without the true God, and without priestes to teache, and without law. 4 And when any man in his trouble did turne vnto the Lorde God of Israel and sought him, he was found of them. 5 And in that time there was no peace to him that did go out and in, but great sedition was there among all the inhabiters of the earth. 6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and citie of citie: for God did moue all aduersitie among them. 7 Play ye therefore the men, and let not your handes slacke: for your worke shal be rewarded.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye strong: Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:9, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Psalms 27:14, Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Daniel 10:19, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Ephesians 6:10

your work: Genesis 15:1, Ruth 2:12, Psalms 19:11, Psalms 58:11, Matthew 5:12, Matthew 5:46, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:4, Matthew 6:6, Matthew 6:18, Matthew 10:41, Matthew 10:42, Luke 6:35, Romans 4:4, Romans 4:5, 1 Corinthians 3:8, 1 Corinthians 3:14, 1 Corinthians 9:17, 1 Corinthians 9:18, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Colossians 3:24, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 10:35, 2 John 1:8

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:9 - Their hands Jeremiah 31:16 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
And the Lord had sayde vnto Abram: get thee out of thy coutrey, and out of thy nation, and from thy fathers house, vnto a lande that I wyll shewe thee:
Genesis 12:7
And the Lorde appearyng vnto Abram, sayd, Unto thy seede wyl I geue this lande: And there buylded he an aulter vnto the Lorde whiche appeared vnto hym.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wylt thou geue me when I go chyldelesse, the chylde of the stewardship of my house is this Eleazer of Damasco?
Genesis 15:4
And beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto hym, saying, he shall not be thine heire: but one that shall come out of thine own bowels shalbe thine heire.
Genesis 15:7
And agayne he saide vnto him: I am the Lorde that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to geue thee this lande, & that thou myghtest inherite it.
Genesis 15:8
And he sayde: Lorde God wherby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?
Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good olde age.
Genesis 15:17
And so it was, that when the sonne went downe, and it was twylyght, beholde a smokyng furnesse and a fire brande goyng betweene the said peeces.
Psalms 105:11
Saying, vnto thee I wyll geue the lande of Chanaan: the lot of your inheritaunce.
Psalms 105:42
For he remembred his holy worde: [spoken] vnto Abraham his seruaunt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak,.... Be hearty, earnest, and vigorous, and not languid and remiss in reforming the worship of God, which Asa had begun:

for your work shall be rewarded; with peace and prosperity at home, and success against enemies abroad, of which they had had a recent instance.


 
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