Joshua 14:12

14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. ¹  But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer ²  them, as the Lord promised.”

Psalms 60:12

60:12 By God’s power we will conquer; ³ 

he will trample down ⁴  our enemies.

Psalms 108:13

108:13 By God’s power we will conquer; ⁵ 

he will trample down ⁶  our enemies.

Psalms 118:15

118:15 They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. ⁷ 

The Lord’s right hand conquers, ⁸ 

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Wisdom Cannot Protect against Seemingly Chance Events

9:11 Again, ⁹  I observed this on the earth: ¹⁰ 

the race is not always ¹¹  won by the swiftest,

the battle is not always won by the strongest;

prosperity ¹²  does not always belong to those who are the wisest,

wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning,

nor does success ¹³  always come to those with the most knowledge –

for time and chance may overcome ¹⁴  them all.

Jeremiah 9:23

9:23 ¹⁵ The Lord says,

“Wise people should not boast that they are wise.

Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. ¹⁶ 

Rich people should not boast that they are rich. ¹⁷ 

Romans 8:31

8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:37

8:37 No, in all these things we have complete victory ¹⁸  through him ¹⁹  who loved us!

¹ tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”

² tn Or “will dispossess.”

³ tn Heb “in God we will accomplish strength.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 108:13; 118:15-16).

⁴ sn Trample down. On this expression see Ps 44:5.

⁵ tn Heb “in God we will accomplish strength.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 60:12; 118:16-16).

⁶ sn On the expression trample down our enemies see Ps 44:5.

⁷ tn Heb “the sound of a ringing shout and deliverance [is] in the tents of the godly.”

⁸ tn Heb “does valiantly.” The statement refers here to military success (see Num 24:18; 1 Sam 14:48; Pss 60:12; 108:13).

⁹ tn Heb “I returned and.” In the Hebrew idiom, “to return and do” means “to do again.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “under the sun.”

¹¹ tn The term “always” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation (five times in this verse) for clarity.

¹² tn Heb “bread.”

¹³ tn Heb “favor.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “happen to.”

¹⁵ sn It is not always clear why verses were placed in their present position in the editorial process of collecting Jeremiah’s sermons and the words the Lord spoke to him (see Jer 36:4, 32 for reference to two of these collections). Here it is probable that vv. 23-26 were added as a further answer to the question raised in v. 12.

¹⁶ tn Or “Strong people should not brag that they are strong.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “…in their wisdom…in their power…in their riches.”

¹⁸ tn BDAG 1034 s.v. ὑπερνικάω states, “as a heightened form of νικᾶν prevail completely ὑπερνικῶμεν we are winning a most glorious victory Ro 8:37.”

¹⁹ tn Here the referent could be either God or Christ, but in v. 39 it is God’s love that is mentioned.