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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 36:1 | Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of |
And it cometh to pass, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, come up hath Sennacherib king of Asshur against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them. |
| 36:2 | And the king of |
And the king of Asshur sendeth Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, unto the king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, and he standeth by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field, |
| 36:3 | Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the |
and go forth unto him doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who `is' over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer. |
| 36:4 | And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of |
And Rabshakeh saith unto them, `Say ye, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, `Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What `is' this confidence in which thou hast confided? |
| 36:5 | I say, sayest thou, (but they are but |
I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might `are' for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me? |
| 36:6 | Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on |
`Lo, thou hast trusted on the staff of this broken reed -- on Egypt -- which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it -- so `is' Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him. |
| 36:7 | But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to |
`And dost thou say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted? is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye do bow yourselves? |
| 36:8 | Now therefore give |
`And now, negotiate, I pray thee, with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to put for thee riders on them. |
| 36:9 | How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on |
And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen? |
| 36:10 | And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. | And now, without Jehovah have I come up against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up unto this land, and thou hast destroyed it.' |
| 36:11 | Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it; and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. | And Eliakim saith -- and Shebna and Joah -- unto Rabshakeh, `Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants `in' Aramaean, for we are understanding; and do not speak unto us `in' Jewish, in the ears of the people who `are' on the wall.' |
| 36:12 | But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? | And Rabshakeh saith, `Unto thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men -- those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?' |
| 36:13 | Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of |
And Rabshakeh standeth and calleth with a great voice `in' Jewish, and saith, `Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Asshur: |
| 36:14 | Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. | Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you; |
| 36:15 | Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of |
and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur. |
| 36:16 | Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of |
`Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make ye with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well, |
| 36:17 | Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. | till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards; |
| 36:18 | Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of |
lest Hezekiah doth persuade you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us. `Have the gods of the nations delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur? |
| 36:19 | Where are the gods of |
Where `are' the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand? |
| 36:20 | Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver |
Who among all the gods of these lands `are' they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?' |
| 36:21 | But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. | And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.' |
| 36:22 | Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. | And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who `is' over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of Rabshakeh. |