Each one helps the other, and says to another,“ Take courage!”

他们各人帮助邻舍，各人对弟兄说：“壮胆吧！”

各人互相帮助，对弟兄说：“壮胆吧！”

各人互相帮助，对弟兄说：“壮胆吧！”

彼此帮助，互相勉励说，‘要刚强！’

各人彼此帮助，对自己的兄弟说：“要坚强！”

各人帮助邻舍，对自己的兄弟说：“要坚强！”

他們各人幫助鄰舍，各人對弟兄說：壯膽吧！

各人互相幫助，對弟兄說：「壯膽吧！」

各人互相幫助，對弟兄說：「壯膽吧！」

彼此幫助，互相勉勵說，『要剛強！』

各人彼此幫助，對自己的兄弟說：“要堅強！”

各人都幫助鄰舍，各人都對弟兄說：『要剛強！』

各人幫助鄰舍，對自己的兄弟說：「要堅強！」

互相輔助、互相勸勉、曰壯乃心、

更相勸勉、造作偶像、曰、壯乃心、

彼此扶助、更相勉勵、曰、當壯贍、

they help each other and say to their companions,“ Be strong!”

They help one another. They say to one another,“ Be strong!”

Everyone helps his neighbor and says to his brother,“ Be strong!”

The idol makers encourage one another, saying to each other,“ Be strong!”

Each one helps his neighbor And says to his brother,“ Be strong!”

Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his brother,“ Be of good courage!”

They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith to his brother, Be of good courage.

Each one helps the other, and says to another,“ Take courage!”

They helped every one his neighbour; and[ every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.

They help one another; one says to the other,‘ Be strong!’

Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers,“ Be strong!”

For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, provided a great deal of business for the craftsmen.When he had assembled them, as well as the workers engaged in this type of business, he said,“ Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this business.You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods.Not only do we run a risk that our business may be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be despised and her magnificence come to the verge of ruin— the very one all of Asia and the world worship.”When they had heard this, they were filled with rage and began to cry out,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

they panicked.“ A god has entered their camp!” they said.“ Woe to us! Nothing like this has happened before.Woe to us! Who will rescue us from these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.Show some courage and be men, Philistines! Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”

King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue, ninety feet high and nine feet wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue the king had set up. Then they stood before the statue Nebuchadnezzar had set up.A herald loudly proclaimed,“ People of every nation and language, you are commanded:When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, you are to fall facedown and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.But whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.”Therefore, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and every kind of music, people of every nation and language fell down and worshiped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; rouse the warriors; let all the men of war advance and attack!Beat your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Let even the weakling say,“ I am a warrior.”Come quickly, all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. Bring down your warriors there, LORD.

The ironworker labors over the coals, shapes the idol with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. Also he grows hungry and his strength fails; he doesn’t drink water and is faint.

An idol?— something that a smelter casts and a metalworker plates with gold and makes silver chains for?

When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. This time, Dagon’s head and both of his hands were broken off and lying on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso remained.That is why, still today, the priests of Dagon and everyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on Dagon’s threshold.

Say to the cowardly:“ Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.”