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Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

2 Koningen 18:20

Denkt gij dat louter woorden beleid en kracht tot den oorlog zijn? Op wien vertrouwt gij dan toch, dat gij tegen mij in opstand gekomen zijt?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Assyria;   Diplomacy;   Hypocrisy;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jerusalem;   Rab-Shakeh (Rabshakeh);   Sennacherib;   War;   Scofield Reference Index - Times of the Gentiles;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Kings;   Sieges;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Isaiah;   Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Nahum;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Rabshakeh;   Scribes;   Sennacherib;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Cupbearer;   Hope;   Isaiah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Rabshakeh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Philistines;   Rab-Shakeh;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rabshakeh ;   Sennacherib ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Rabshakeh;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Text of the Old Testament;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Assyria;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Courage;  

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Meent gij, dat er nog raad en macht is om te strijden? Waarop verlaat gij u dan nu, dat gij van mij afvallig geworden zijt?
Staten Vertaling
Gij zegt (doch het is een woord der lippen): Er is raad en macht tot den oorlog; op wien vertrouwt gij nu, dat gij tegen mij rebelleert?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sayest: or, talkest

vain words: Heb. word of the lips, I have counsel and strength for the war. or, but counsel and strength are for the war. Proverbs 21:30, Proverbs 21:31

rebellest: 2 Kings 18:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:9 - vain words 2 Kings 18:7 - rebelled 2 Chronicles 32:1 - king of Assyria 2 Chronicles 32:3 - took counsel Ezra 4:12 - rebellious Isaiah 33:8 - he regardeth Luke 14:31 - General Ephesians 5:6 - vain

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hezekiah no doubt believed that in the “counsel” of Eliakim and Isaiah, and in the “strength” promised him by Egypt, he had resources which justified him in provoking a war.

Vain words - literally, as in margin, i. e., a mere word, to which the facts do not correspond.


 
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