2 Kings 19:18
What does 2 Kings 19:18 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 19:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000and 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and have put their gods into fire, for they <FI>are<Fi> no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they have cast their gods into the fire: for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, of wood and stone, and they destroyed them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and have cast theirgods into the fire; for they were nogods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore have they destroyed them.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 37:18
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,
- Psalms 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
- Isaiah 44:9
They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.
- Jeremiah 10:3
For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
- Isaiah 46:1
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.
- Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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