Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֜אמֶר way-yō-mer Therefore he said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 4397 [e] לְמַלְאֲכֵ֣י lə-mal-’ă-ḵê to the messengers Prep-l | N-mpc   בֶן־ ḇen- of Prep 1130 [e] הֲדַ֗ד hă-ḏaḏ, Ben-hadad N-proper-ms 559 [e] אִמְר֞וּ ’im-rū Tell V-Qal-Imp-mp 113 [e] לַֽאדֹנִ֤י la-ḏō-nî my lord Prep-l | N-msc | 1cs 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ham-me-leḵ the king Art | N-ms 3605 [e] כֹּל֩ kōl all N-ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă-šer- that Pro-r 7971 [e] שָׁלַ֨חְתָּ šā-laḥ-tā you sent for V-Qal-Perf-2ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 5650 [e] עַבְדְּךָ֤ ‘aḇ-də-ḵā your servant N-msc | 2ms 7223 [e] בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ ḇā-ri-šō-nāh the first time Prep-b, Art | Adj-fs 6213 [e] אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה ’e-‘ĕ-śeh, I will do V-Qal-Imperf-1cs 1697 [e] וְהַדָּבָ֣ר wə-had-dā-ḇār but thing Conj-w, Art | N-ms 2088 [e] הַזֶּ֔ה haz-zeh, this Art | Pro-ms 3808 [e] לֹ֥א lō not Adv-NegPrt 3201 [e] אוּכַ֖ל ’ū-ḵal I cannot V-Qal-Imperf-1cs 6213 [e] לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת la-‘ă-śō-wṯ; do Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 1980 [e] וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ way-yê-lə-ḵū And departed Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 4397 [e] הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים ham-mal-’ā-ḵîm, the messengers Art | N-mp 7725 [e] וַיְשִׁבֻ֖הוּ way-ši-ḇu-hū and brought back to him Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp | 3ms 1697 [e] דָּבָֽר׃ dā-ḇār. word N-ms

New American Standard Bible
So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, "Tell my lord the king, 'All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.'" And the messengers departed and brought him word again.

King James Bible
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he said to Ben-hadad's messengers, "Say to my lord the king, 'Everything you demanded of your servant the first time, I will do, but this thing I cannot do.'" So the messengers left and took word back to him.

Let not him, etc. This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan renders it: `Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it.'

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harness The word harness is an obsolete word for armour, derived from the French harnois

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