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Contemporary English Version

2 Chronicles 32:16

The Assyrian officials said terrible things about the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Infidelity;   Self-Exaltation;   Sennacherib;   Siege;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blasphemy-Profanity;   Hezekiah;   Profanity;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hezekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
His servants said more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.
Hebrew Names Version
His servants spoke yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hizkiyahu.
King James Version
And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
English Standard Version
And his servants said still more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.
New Century Version
Sennacherib's officers said worse things against the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.
New English Translation
Sennacherib's servants further insulted the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.
Amplified Bible
And his servants said even more against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
New American Standard Bible
His servants spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
World English Bible
His servants spoke yet more against Yahweh God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And his seruants spake yet more against the Lorde God, and against his seruant Hezekiah.
Legacy Standard Bible
His servants spoke further against Yahweh God and against His servant Hezekiah.
Berean Standard Bible
And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
Complete Jewish Bible
His envoys kept on speaking against Adonai , God; and against his servant Hizkiyahu.
Darby Translation
And his servants spoke yet more against Jehovah, the [true] God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
Easy-to-Read Version
The officers of the king of Assyria said worse things against the Lord God and against Hezekiah, God's servant.
George Lamsa Translation
And his servants spoke these things before the LORD God of Israel and in the presence of his servant Hezekiah.
Good News Translation
The Assyrian officials said even worse things about the Lord God and Hezekiah, the Lord 's servant.
Lexham English Bible
And still more his servants said against Yahweh God and against Hezekiah his servant.
Literal Translation
And again his servants spoke against Jehovah God, and against His servant Hezekiah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
His seruautes also spake yet more against the LORDE God, and agaynst his seruaunt Ezechias.
American Standard Version
And his servants spake yet more against Jehovah God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
Bible in Basic English
And his servants said even more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And yet mo thinges did his seruauntes speake against the Lorde God, and against his seruaunt Hezekia.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And his servants spoke yet more against the LORD God, and against His servant Hezekiah.
King James Version (1611)
And his seruants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his seruant Hezekiah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And his servants continued to speak against the Lord God, and against his servant Ezekias.
English Revised Version
And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But also hise seruauntis spaken many othir thingis ayenus the Lord God, and ayens Ezechie, his seruaunte.
Update Bible Version
And his slaves spoke yet more against Yahweh God, and against his slave Hezekiah.
Webster's Bible Translation
And his servants spoke yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
New King James Version
Furthermore, his servants spoke against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
New Living Translation
And Sennacherib's officers further mocked the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah, heaping insult upon insult.
New Life Bible
Sennacherib's men said still more against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah.
New Revised Standard
His servants said still more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, yet more, spake his servants, against Yahweh, God, - and against Hezekiah his servant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Ezechias.
Revised Standard Version
And his servants said still more against the Lord GOD and against his servant Hezeki'ah.
Young's Literal Translation
And again have his servants spoken against Jehovah God, and against Hezekiah His servant,
THE MESSAGE
The messengers felt free to throw in their personal comments, putting down both God and God's servant Hezekiah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
His servants spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

Contextual Overview

9 When Sennacherib and his troops were camped at the town of Lachish, he sent a message to Hezekiah and the people in Jerusalem. It said: 10 I am King Sennacherib of Assyria, and I have Jerusalem surrounded. Do you think you can survive my attack? 11 Hezekiah your king is telling you that the Lord your God will save you from me. But he is lying, and you'll die of hunger and thirst. 12 Didn't Hezekiah tear down all except one of the Lord 's altars and places of worship? And didn't he tell you people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship at that one place? 13 You've heard what my ancestors and I have done to other nations. Were the gods of those nations able to defend their land against us? 14 None of those gods kept their people safe from the kings of Assyria. Do you really think your God can do any better? 15 Don't be fooled by Hezekiah! No god of any nation has ever been able to stand up to Assyria. Believe me, your God cannot keep you safe! 16 The Assyrian officials said terrible things about the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah. 17 Sennacherib's letter even made fun of the Lord . It said, "The gods of other nations could not save their people from Assyria's army, and neither will the God that Hezekiah worships." 18 The officials said all these things in Hebrew, so that everyone listening from the city wall would understand and be terrified and surrender.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

yet: Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Psalms 73:9

against: John 15:21

Reciprocal: Psalms 31:18 - speak

Cross-References

Genesis 32:8
He thought, "If Esau attacks one group, perhaps the other can escape."
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob prayed: You, Lord , are the God who was worshiped by my grandfather Abraham and by my father Isaac. You told me to return home to my family, and you promised to be with me and make me successful.
Genesis 32:20
And Jacob told them to be sure to say that he was right behind them. Jacob hoped the gifts would make Esau friendly, so Esau would be glad to see him when they met.
Psalms 112:5
Life will go well for those who freely lend and are honest in business.
Proverbs 2:11
Sound judgment and good sense will watch over you.
Isaiah 28:26
They learn this from their God.
Matthew 10:16
I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah. Than what is here recorded, as may be read in 2 Kings 18:1, and Isaiah 36:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history which occupies in Kings a chapter and a half (2 Kings 18:17-19; where see the notes).

2 Chronicles 32:10

In the siege - Perhaps “in straitness” (compare Jeremiah 19:9). Jerusalem is thought by some to have been not so much besieged at this time, as distressed and straitened for supplies, because the Assyrians were masters of the open country.

2 Chronicles 32:13

fathers - i. e. “predecessors.” Sennacherib really belonged to a dynasty that had only furnished one king before himself.

2 Chronicles 32:22

Guided them ... - A slight alteration of the existing text gives the sense - “gave them rest round about;” a common expression in Chronicles 2 Chronicles 15:15; 2 Chronicles 20:30.


 
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