Isaiah 37:18

Bishop's Bible

It is true O Lorde that the kynges of Assyria haue conquered all kyngdomes and landes,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated all these countries and their lands.

Hebrew Names Version
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Ashshur have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

King James Version
Of a truth, Lord , the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

English Standard Version
Truly, O Lord , the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,

New American Standard Bible
"Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their lands,

New Century Version
"It is true, Lord , that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these countries and their lands.

Amplified Bible
"It is true, O LORD, that the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their lands,

World English Bible
Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Trueth it is, O Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed all lands, & their countrey,

Legacy Standard Bible
Truly, O Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste to all the countries and their lands

Berean Standard Bible
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.

Contemporary English Version
It is true, our Lord , that Assyrian kings have turned nations into deserts.

Complete Jewish Bible
It is true that the kings of Ashur have laid waste all the countries and their lands

Darby Translation
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their countries,

Easy-to-Read Version
It is true, Lord . The kings of Assyria did destroy all those nations.

George Lamsa Translation
Of a truth, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands;

Good News Translation
We all know, Lord , that the emperors of Assyria have destroyed many nations, made their lands desolate,

Lexham English Bible
Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands and their land,

Literal Translation
Truly, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their land,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is true (o LORDE) that the kinges of Assiria haue coquered all kingdomes & londes,

American Standard Version
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

Bible in Basic English
Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste all the nations and their lands,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

King James Version (1611)
Of a trueth, Lord, the kings of Assyria haue laid waste all the nations and their countreys,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For of a truth, Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste the whole world, and the countries thereof,

English Revised Version
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For verili, Lord, the kyngis of Assiriens maden londis dissert, and the cuntreis of tho, and yauen the goddis of tho to fier;

Update Bible Version
Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries,

Webster's Bible Translation
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

New English Translation
It is true, Lord , that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands.

New King James Version
Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,

New Living Translation
"It is true, Lord , that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations.

New Life Bible
It is true, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands.

New Revised Standard
Truly, O Lord , the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
who hath sent - to reproach a Living God. Of a truth, O Yahweh, - the kings of Assyria have devoted to destruction all the countries, and their land;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and their countries.

Revised Standard Version
Of a truth, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,

Young's Literal Translation
`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste all the lands and their land,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated all the countries and their lands,

Contextual Overview

⁸ Nowe when Rabsakeh returned, he founde the kyng of Assyria laying siege to Libnas: for he had vnderstandyng that he was departed from Lachis. ⁹ And there came a rumour that Tharakas kyng of Ethiopia was come foorth to warre agaynst hym: and when the king of Assyria hearde that, he sent other messengers to kyng Hezekia with this commaundement. ¹⁰ Say thus to Hezekia kyng of Iuda: Let not thy God deceaue thee, in whom thou hopest, and sayest, Hierusalem shall not be geuen into the handes of the kyng of Assyria. ¹¹ For lo, thou knowest well howe the kynges of Assyria haue handled all the landes that they haue subuerted: and hopest thou to escape? ¹² Were the people of the gentiles whom my progenitours conquered, deliuered at any tyme through their gods? [As namely] Gosan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were at Thalassar? ¹³ Where is the king of Hemath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the citie Sepharuaim, Ena, and Aua? ¹⁴ Nowe when Hezekia had receaued the letter of the messengers, and read it, he went vp into the house of the Lorde, and opened the letter before the Lorde, ¹⁵ And Hezekia prayed vnto the Lorde [on this maner.] ¹⁶ O Lorde of hoastes, thou God of Israel, which dwellest vpon Cherubim, thou art the God that only is God of all the kingdomes of the world, for thou only hast created heauen and earth. ¹⁷ Encline thine eare Lorde and consider, open thine eyes Lorde and see, and ponder all the wordes of Sennacherib, which hath sent his embassage to blaspheme the lyuyng God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the kings: 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 16:9, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 17:24, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Nahum 2:11, Nahum 2:12

nations: Heb. lands

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:34 - the gods 2 Kings 19:18 - for they were 2 Chronicles 32:13 - I and my Psalms 97:7 - Confounded Isaiah 36:18 - Hath Isaiah 36:20 - that the Lord Isaiah 37:11 - General Isaiah 40:19 - General Isaiah 44:9 - and their Nahum 3:19 - upon

Cross-References

Genesis 37:14
He aunswered: here am I. And he sayde vnto hym: Go [I praye thee] see whether it be well with thy brethren and the cattell, and bryng me worde agayne. And so he sent hym out of the vale of Hebron, & he came to Sichem.

Genesis 37:15
And a certayne man founde hym, and beholde he was wandryng out of his waye in the fielde, and the man asked hym: what sekest thou?

1 Samuel 19:1
Saul spake to Ionatha his sonne, and to all his seruauntes, that they should kill Dauid.

Psalms 31:13
For I haue hearde the villanie of the multitude, and feare was on euery side [me]: whyle they conspired together against me, [and] toke their counsell to take away my life.

Psalms 37:12
The vngodly busieth his head [all] against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.

Psalms 37:32
The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh [occasion] to slay hym.

Psalms 94:21
They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous: and condemne the innocent blood.

Psalms 105:25
Whose heart so turned that they hated his people: and dealt subtilly with his seruauntes.

Psalms 109:4
For the loue that I bare vnto them, they are become mine aduersaries: but I geue my selfe vnto prayer.

Matthew 21:38
But when the husband men sawe the sonne, they sayde among them selues: this is the heire, come, let vs kyll hym, and let vs enioy his inheritaunce.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of a truth Lord,.... This is a truth and will be readily owned what the king of Assyria has said that his ancestors have destroyed all lands, or at least have endeavoured to do it, and have had it in their hearts to do it:

the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries: or "all the lands and their land" m; the Targum is,

"all provinces and their lands;''

the countries and town and villages in them, or the chief cities and villages round about them.

m כל הארצות ואת ארצם "omnes terras, et terram eorum", Pagninus, Montanus; "vel terram inquam eorum", Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of a truth - It is as he has said, that all the nations had been subjected to the arms of the Assyrian. He now intends to add Jerusalem to the number of vanquished cities and kingdoms, and to boast; that he has subdued the nation under the protection of Yahweh, as he had done the nations under the protection of idol-gods.

Have laid waste all, the nations - Hebrew, as Margin, ‘All the lands.’ But this is evidently an elliptical form of expression, meaning all the inhabitants or people of the lands. In 2 Kings 19:17, it is thus expressed. ‘The kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.’

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 37:18. The nations — הארצות haratsoth, "the lands;" instead of this word, which destroys the sense, ten of Kennicott's and five of De Rossi's MSS. (one ancient) have here גוים goyim, "nations;" which is undoubtedly the true reading, being preserved also in the other copy; 2 Kings 19:17. Another MS. suggests another method of rectifying the sense in this place, by reading מלכם malcam, "their king, "instead of ארצם artsam, "their land;" but it ought to be מלכיהם malcheyhem, "all the countries and their kings."