Isaiah 37:20

Bible in Basic English

But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now, Lord our God, save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are God—you alone.

Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore, LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the eretz may know that you are the LORD, even you only.

King James Version
Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord , even thou only.

English Standard Version
So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord ."

New American Standard Bible
"But now LORD, our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, LORD, are God."

New Century Version
Now, Lord our God, save us from the king's power so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord , are the only God."

Amplified Bible
"Now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know and fully realize that You alone, LORD, are God."

World English Bible
Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore, O Lorde our God, saue thou vs out of his hand, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou onely art the Lorde.

Legacy Standard Bible
But now, O Yahweh our God, save us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are Yahweh, You alone."

Berean Standard Bible
And now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God."

Contemporary English Version
But you are our Lord and our God! We ask you to keep us safe from the Assyrian king. Then everyone in every kingdom on earth will know that you are the only Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
Now therefore, Adonai our God, save us from his power — so that all the kingdoms on earth will know that you are Adonai — you only."

Darby Translation
And now, Jehovah our God, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, thou only.

Easy-to-Read Version
But you are the Lord our God, so please save us from the king of Assyria. Then all the other nations will know that you are the Lord , the only God."

George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hands, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the God, even thou only.

Good News Translation
Now, Lord our God, rescue us from the Assyrians, so that all the nations of the world will know that you alone are God."

Lexham English Bible
So now, Yahweh, our God, save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, you alone!"

Literal Translation
And now, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are Jehovah, You alone.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Delyuer vs then (o LORDE oure God) from the hondes of Sennacherib, yt all kingdomes of the earth maye knowe, that thou only art ye LORDE.

American Standard Version
Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou art the LORD, even Thou only.'

King James Version (1611)
Now therefore, O Lord our God, saue vs from his hand, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou art the Lord, euen thou onely.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe therfore deliuer vs O Lord our God from the handes of Sennacherib, that all the kyngdomes of the earth may knowe that thou only art the Lorde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hands, that every kingdom of the earth may know that thou art God alone.

English Revised Version
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now, oure Lord God, saue thou vs fro the hond of hym; and alle rewmes of erthe knowe, that thou art Lord God aloone.

Update Bible Version
Now therefore, O Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD, [even] thou only.

New English Translation
Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord ."

New King James Version
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD, You alone."

New Living Translation
Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O Lord , are God."

New Life Bible
Now, O Lord our God, take us out of his hand, that all the nations of the earth may know that You alone are the Lord."

New Revised Standard
So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord ."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, O Yahweh our God, save us, out of his hand, - That all the kingdoms of the earth, may know, That, thou, art Yahweh, thou alone.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now, O Lord our God, save us out of his hand: and let all the kingdoms of the earth know, that thou only art the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou alone art the LORD."

Young's Literal Translation
And now, Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, and all kingdoms of the earth do know that Thou [art] Jehovah, Thyself alone.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, LORD, are God."

Contextual Overview

⁸ So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah: for it had come to his ears that the king of Assyria had gone away from Lachish. ⁹ And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. And he sent representatives to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying, ¹⁰ This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria. ¹¹ No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse: and will you be kept safe from their fate? ¹² Did the gods of the nations keep safe those on whom my fathers sent destruction, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? ¹³ Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the town of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivva? ¹⁴ And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord, ¹⁵ And he made prayer to the Lord, saying, ¹⁶ O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. ¹⁷ Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

Bible Verse Review
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that all: Isaiah 42:8, Exodus 9:15, Exodus 9:16, Joshua 7:8, Joshua 7:9, 1 Samuel 17:45-47, 1 Kings 8:43, 1 Kings 18:36, 1 Kings 18:37, Psalms 46:10, Psalms 59:13, Psalms 67:1, Psalms 67:2, Psalms 83:17, Psalms 83:18, Ezekiel 36:23, Malachi 1:11

even: Isaiah 37:16

Reciprocal: Judges 16:24 - praised 1 Kings 20:13 - and thou shalt Nehemiah 9:6 - even thou Psalms 7:6 - lift up Psalms 8:2 - still Psalms 17:6 - incline Psalms 25:2 - let not Psalms 50:1 - even Psalms 57:5 - Be thou Psalms 86:10 - God Isaiah 19:21 - Lord shall Isaiah 33:5 - The Lord Isaiah 33:13 - Hear Isaiah 37:32 - the zeal Isaiah 43:12 - my witnesses Isaiah 44:6 - beside Isaiah 45:6 - General Isaiah 64:2 - to make Ezekiel 6:13 - when Ezekiel 22:16 - thou shalt know Ezekiel 25:5 - and ye Ezekiel 28:22 - I will Ezekiel 39:21 - I will set Daniel 4:32 - until Joel 2:17 - Spare Matthew 6:9 - Hallowed Romans 9:17 - that 1 Corinthians 8:4 - there is

Cross-References

Genesis 37:2
These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

Genesis 37:10
And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

Genesis 37:12
Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

Genesis 37:16
And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

Genesis 37:18
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

Genesis 37:29
Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,

Genesis 37:32
And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

1 Samuel 24:20
And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.

1 Samuel 26:2
Then Saul went down to the waste land of Ziph, taking with him three thousand of the best men of Israel, to make search for David in the waste land of Ziph.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand,.... The hand of the king of Assyria. The Lord had promised that he would and Hezekiah believed he would; but he knew that for this he would be inquired of by him, and he pleads covenant interest, in him, and entreats for salvation upon that account, as well as for the reason following:

that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only; by doing that which other gods could not do; they could not save the nations that worshipped them from the hand of the Assyrians; if therefore the God of Israel saved his people from them, this would be a proof to all the world that he is God and there is none besides him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That all the kingdoms of the earth may know - Since he has been able to subdue all others; and since Judea alone, the land under the protection of Yahweh, would be saved, all the nations would know that it could not be by the power of an idol. The desire of Hezckiah, therefore, was not primarily that of his own personal safely or the safety of his kingdom. It was that Yahweh might vindicate his great and holy name from reproach, and that the world might know that he was the only true God. A supreme regard to the glory of God influenced this pious monarch in his prayers, and we have here a beautiful model of the object which we should have in view when we come before God. It is not primarily that we may be saved; it is not, as the leading motive, that our friends or that the world may be saved; it is that the name of God may be honored. This motive of prayer is one that is with great frequency presented in the Bible (compare Isaiah 42:8; Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 43:13, Isaiah 43:25; Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalms 46:10; Psalms 83:18; Nehemiah 9:6; Daniel 9:18-19).

Perhaps there could have been furnished no more striking proof that Yahweh was the true God, than would be by the defeat of Sennacherib. No other nation had been able to resist the Assyrian arms. The great power of that empire was now concentrated in the single army of Sennacherib. He was coming with great confidence of success. He was approaching the city devoted to Yahweh - the city where the temple was, and the city and people that were everywhere understood to be under his protection. The affairs of the world had arrived at a crisis; and the time had come wheu the great Yahweh could strike a blow which would be felt on all nations, and carry the terror of his name, and the report of his power throughout the earth. Perhaps this was one of the main motives of the destruction of that mighty army. God intended that his power should be felt, and that monarchs and people that arrayed themselves against him, and blasphemed him, should have a striking demonstration that be was God, and that none of the devices of his enemies could succeed.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 37:20. Save us - "Save us, we beseech thee"] The supplicating particle, נא na, is supplied here from eighteen MSS., three ancient, of Dr. Kennicott, and ten of De Rossi, and from the other copy; 2 Kings 19:19.

That thou art the Lord, even thou only - "That thou JEHOVAH art the only God."] The word אלהים Elohim, "God," is lost here in the Hebrew text, but preserved in the other copy; 2 Kings 19:19. The Syriac and Septuagint seem here to have had in their copies אלהים Elohim, instead of יהוה Yehovah.