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you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, “Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?”

you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Have we not by our own strength captured Karnaim for ourselves?”

And you brag about your conquest of Lo-debar. You boast, “Didn’t we take Karnaim by our own strength?”

you who rejoice over Lo-debar  and say, “Didn’t we capture Karnaim for ourselves by our own strength? ”

ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

You who rejoice over Lo Debar, Who say, “Have we not taken Karnaim for ourselves By our own strength?”

Do you hold a horse race in a field of rocks? Do you plow the sea with oxen? You’d cripple the horses and drown the oxen. And yet you’ve made a shambles of justice, a bloated corpse of righteousness, Bragging of your trivial pursuits, beating up on the weak and crowing, “Look what I’ve done!”

You who rejoice in Lodebar, And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

You who [self-confidently] rejoice in Lo-debar (Nothing), Who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim (Strength) for ourselves?”

You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say, “Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?”