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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Contemporary English Version

Isaiah 36:20

None of these gods kept their people safe from the king of Assyria. Do you think the Lord , your God, can do any better?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blasphemy;   Diplomacy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Isaiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Confidence;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Rabmag;   Sennacherib;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Rabshakeh;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Rab-Shakeh;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Synagogue;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rabshakeh ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gods;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Who among all the gods of these lands ever rescued his land from my power? So will the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?”
Hebrew Names Version
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Yerushalayim out of my hand?
King James Version
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
English Standard Version
Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'"
New American Standard Bible
'Who among all the gods of these lands have saved their land from my hand, that the LORD would save Jerusalem from my hand?'"
New Century Version
Not one of all the gods of these countries has saved his people from me. Neither can the Lord save Jerusalem from my power."
Amplified Bible
'Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their land from my hand, that [you should think that] the LORD would rescue Jerusalem from my hand?'"
World English Bible
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who is hee among all the gods of these lands, that hath deliuered their countrey out of mine hand, that the Lorde should deliuer Ierusalem out of mine hand?
Legacy Standard Bible
Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their land from my hand, that Yahweh would deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"
Berean Standard Bible
Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"
Complete Jewish Bible
Where is the god of any of these countries that has saved its country from my power, so that Adonai might be able to save Yerushalayim from my power?'"
Darby Translation
Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Easy-to-Read Version
None of the gods of these other places were able to save their land from me! So why do you think the Lord can save Jerusalem from me?
George Lamsa Translation
Who is he among all the gods of these lands that has delivered his land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Good News Translation
When did any of the gods of all these countries ever save their country from our emperor? Then what makes you think the Lord can save Jerusalem?"
Lexham English Bible
Who are there among all the gods of these countries who have saved their land from my hand, that Yahweh should save Jerusalem from my hand?"'"
Literal Translation
Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah should keep Jerusalem out of my hand?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or which of all the goddes of the lodes, hath deliuered their countre out of my power, so that the LORDE shulde delyuer Ierusalem fro my honde?
American Standard Version
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Bible in Basic English
Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hand, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hand?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
King James Version (1611)
Who are they amongst all the gods of these landes, that haue deliuered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliuer Ierusalem out of my hand?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Or which of all the gods of these landes hath deliuered their countrey out of my power? Is the Lord in deede able to deliuer Hierusalem from my hande?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Which is the god of all these nations, that has delivered his land out of my hand, that God should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
English Revised Version
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Who is of alle goddis of these londis, that delyueride his lond fro myn hond, that the Lord delyuere Jerusalem fro myn hond?
Update Bible Version
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Webster's Bible Translation
Who [are they] among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
New English Translation
Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?'"
New King James Version
Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"'
New Living Translation
What god of any nation has ever been able to save its people from my power? So what makes you think that the Lord can rescue Jerusalem from me?"
New Life Bible
Who among all the gods of these lands have taken their land out of my hand? So why should the Lord save Jerusalem from my hand?'"
New Revised Standard
Who among all the gods of these countries have saved their countries out of my hand, that the Lord should save Jerusalem out of my hand?'"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who are they, among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand? That, Yahweh, should deliver, Jerusalem, out of my hand!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who is there among all the gods of these lands, that hath delivered his country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Revised Standard Version
Who among all the gods of these countries have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'"
Young's Literal Translation
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?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD would deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"

Contextual Overview

11 Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said, "Sir, we don't want the people listening from the city wall to understand what you are saying. So please speak to us in Aramaic instead of Hebrew." 12 The Assyrian army commander answered, "My king sent me to speak to everyone, not just to you leaders. These people will soon have to eat their own body waste and drink their own urine! And so will the three of you!" 13 Then, in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, he shouted out in Hebrew: Listen to what the great king of Assyria says! 14 Don't be fooled by Hezekiah. He can't save you. 15 Don't trust him when he tells you that the Lord will protect you from the king of Assyria. 16 Stop listening to Hezekiah. Pay attention to my king. Surrender to him. He will let you keep your own vineyards, fig trees, and cisterns 17 for a while. Then he will come and take you away to a country just like yours, where you can plant vineyards and raise your own grain. 18 Hezekiah claims the Lord will save you. But don't be fooled by him. Were any other gods able to defend their land against the king of Assyria? 19 What happened to the gods of Hamath, Arpad, and Sepharvaim? Were the gods of Samaria able to protect their land against the Assyrian forces? 20 None of these gods kept their people safe from the king of Assyria. Do you think the Lord , your God, can do any better?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that the Lord: Isaiah 37:18, Isaiah 37:19, Isaiah 37:23-29, Isaiah 45:16, Isaiah 45:17, Exodus 5:2, 2 Kings 19:22-37, 2 Chronicles 32:15, 2 Chronicles 32:19, Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Job 40:9-12, Psalms 50:21, Psalms 73:9, Daniel 3:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:9 - I will pursue Psalms 55:19 - no changes Isaiah 10:11 - as I have Isaiah 37:4 - to reproach Isaiah 37:10 - Let not Isaiah 37:12 - the gods Isaiah 44:17 - Deliver me Isaiah 50:2 - have I Ezekiel 35:13 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
They also defeated the Horites in the hill country of Edom, as far as El-Paran, near the desert.
Genesis 36:2
He married three Canaanite women: The first was Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; the second was Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Genesis 36:22
Lotan's sons were Hori and Heman; his sister was Timna.
Genesis 36:30
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan, and they lived in the land of Seir.
Genesis 36:42
Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the Edomites took over that region. They killed many of the Horites and forced the rest of them to leave, just as Israel did to the people in the land that the Lord gave them.
Deuteronomy 2:22
The Lord helped them as he had helped the Edomites, who killed many of the Horites in Seir and forced the rest to leave before settling there themselves.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who are they amongst all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand?.... Not one of them, it is suggested; wherefore then should it be thought practicable,

that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? thus blasphemously setting the Lord God of Israel upon a level with the fictitious gods of the Gentiles; though these could not, the Lord could, being the Lord God Almighty. If Rabshakeh was an apostate Jew, he must have known better; but the malice of such is usually the greatest.


 
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