2 Chronicles 32:10

The Darby Translation

Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what do ye rely that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘What are you relying on that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

Hebrew Names Version
Thus says Sancheriv king of Ashshur, Whereon do you trust, that you abide the siege in Yerushalayim?

King James Version
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

English Standard Version
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you trusting, that you endure the siege in Jerusalem?

New Century Version
Sennacherib king of Assyria says this: "You have nothing to trust in to help you. It is no use for you to stay in Jerusalem under attack.

New English Translation
"This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?

Amplified Bible
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, 'In what do you trust that you are remaining in Jerusalem under siege?

New American Standard Bible
"This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: 'On what are you trusting that you are staying in Jerusalem under siege?

World English Bible
Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do you trust, that you abide the siege in Jerusalem?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith Saneherib the King of Asshur, Wherein doe ye trust, that ye will remaine in Ierusalem, during the siege?

Legacy Standard Bible
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you trusting that you are remaining in Jerusalem under siege?

Berean Standard Bible
"This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

Contemporary English Version
I am King Sennacherib of Assyria, and I have Jerusalem surrounded. Do you think you can survive my attack?

Complete Jewish Bible
"This is what Sancheriv king of Ashur says: ‘What gives you the confidence that you can endure a siege against Yerushalayim?

Easy-to-Read Version
They said, "King Sennacherib of Assyria says this: ‘What do you trust in that makes you stay under attack in Jerusalem?

George Lamsa Translation
Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On whom are you trusting, that you remain in Jerusalem during the siege?

Good News Translation
"I, Sennacherib, Emperor of Assyria, ask what gives you people the confidence to remain in Jerusalem under siege.

Lexham English Bible
"Thus says Sennacherib the king of Assyria: ‘On what are you relying that you are dwelling in siege works in Jerusalem?

Literal Translation
So says Sennacherib the king of Assyria, On what are you trusting that you sit under siege in Jerusalem?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus sayeth Sennacherib ye kynge of Assur: Wherin put ye youre trust ye that dwell in the beseged Ierusalem?

American Standard Version
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?

Bible in Basic English
Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says, In what are you placing your hope, waiting here in the walled town of Jerusalem?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith Sennacherib king of the Assyrians: wherin do ye trust O ye that dwell in Hierusalem which is besieged?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria: Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?

King James Version (1611)
Thus sayth Semacherib king of Assyria, Whereon doe ye trust, that yee abide in the siege in Ierusalem?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus says Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, On what do ye trust, that ye will remain in the siege in Jerusalem?

English Revised Version
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Sennacherib, the kyng of Assiriens, seith these thingis, In whom han ye trist, and sitten bisegid in Jerusalem?

Update Bible Version
Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do you trust, that you abide the siege in Jerusalem?

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, On what do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

New King James Version
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: "In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?

New Living Translation
"This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you think you can survive my siege of Jerusalem?

New Life Bible
"King Sennacherib of Assyria says, ‘On what do you trust, that you are staying in Jerusalem with my army around you?

New Revised Standard
"Thus says King Sennacherib of Assyria: On what are you relying, that you undergo the siege of Jerusalem?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Sennacherib, king of Assyria,-Upon what, are, ye, trusting, that ye are awaiting the siege in Jerusalem?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

Revised Standard Version
"Thus says Sennach'erib king of Assyria, 'On what are you relying, that you stand siege in Jerusalem?

Young's Literal Translation
`Thus said Sennacherib king of Asshur, On what are ye trusting and abiding in the bulwark, in Jerusalem?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, 'On what are you trusting that you are remaining in Jerusalem under siege?

Contextual Overview

⁹ After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he himself was before Lachish, and all his power with him), unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, ¹⁰ Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what do ye rely that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? ¹¹ Does not Hezekiah persuade you, to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ¹² Has not the same Hezekiah removed his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem saying, Ye shall worship before *one* altar, and burn incense upon it? ¹³ Do ye not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the countries? Were the gods of the nations of the countries in any wise able to deliver their country out of my hand? ¹⁴ Who is there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers have utterly destroyed, that was able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand? ¹⁵ And now, let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this manner, neither yet believe him; for no +god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, nor out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand? ¹⁶ And his servants spoke yet more against Jehovah, the [true] God, and against his servant Hezekiah. ¹⁷ And he wrote a letter to rail at Jehovah the God of Israel, and to speak against him saying, As the gods of the nations of the countries have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand. ¹⁸ And they cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [language] to the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thus saith: 2 Kings 18:19, Isaiah 36:4

siege: Heb. strong-hold

Cross-References

Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.

Genesis 28:15
And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] to which thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done what I have spoken to thee of.

Genesis 30:43
And the man increased very, very much, and had much cattle, and bondwomen, and bondmen, and camels, and asses.

Genesis 32:5
and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.

Genesis 32:6
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

Genesis 32:7
Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.

Genesis 32:8
And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.

Genesis 32:9
And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,

Genesis 32:10
—I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.

Genesis 32:11
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, whereon do ye trust,.... On what power in heaven or on earth?

that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? hold out against the siege of it, and do not deliver it up.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 32:10. Thus saith Sennacherib — See all these circumstances largely explained 2 Kings 18:17-36.