2 Kings 19:17
What does 2 Kings 19:17 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 19:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Context
v.16Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.
v.17This passage
v.18and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 4:27
for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
- 2 Kings 16:9
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
- Daniel 2:47
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
- Isaiah 7:17
Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—even the king of Assyria.
- 1 Chronicles 5:26
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.
- 1 Corinthians 14:25
the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
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