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!

[14:12]  ¹ tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”

[14:12]  ² tn Or “will dispossess.”

[60:12]  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).

[60:12]  ⁴ sn Trample down. On this expression see Ps 44:5.

[108:13]  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).

[108:13]  ⁶ sn On the expression trample down our enemies see Ps 44:5.

[118:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “the sound of a ringing shout and deliverance [is] in the tents of the godly.”

[118:15]  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).

[9:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “I returned and.” In the Hebrew idiom, “to return and do” means “to do again.”

[9:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “under the sun.”

[9:11]  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.

[9:11]  ¹² tn Heb “bread.”

[9:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “favor.”

[9:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “happen to.”

[9:23]  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.

[9:23]  ¹⁶ tn Or “Strong people should not brag that they are strong.”

[9:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “…in their wisdom…in their power…in their riches.”

[8:37]  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.”

[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.