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The Darby Translation

2 Kings 19:17

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prayer;   Religion;   The Topic Concordance - Idolatry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Arpad;   Isaiah;   Rab-Shakeh;   War;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Philistines;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hazael ;   Sennacherib ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.
Hebrew Names Version
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Ashshur have laid waste the nations and their lands,
King James Version
Of a truth, Lord , the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
English Standard Version
Truly, O Lord , the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands
New Century Version
It is true, Lord , that the kings of Assyria have destroyed these countries and their lands.
New English Translation
It is true, Lord , that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.
Amplified Bible
"It is true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have devastated the nations and their lands
New American Standard Bible
"It is true, LORD; the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
World English Bible
Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Trueth it is, Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed the nations and their landes,
Legacy Standard Bible
Truly, O Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands
Berean Standard Bible
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations 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, Adonai , that the kings of Ashur have laid waste the nations and their lands
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 destroyed 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, O Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have utterly destroyed the nations and their land.
Literal Translation
Truly, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations, and their lands;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is true (O LORDE) that the kynges of Assiria haue destroyed the Heythen and their londe with the swerde,
American Standard Version
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Bible in Basic English
Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of a trueth Lorde, the kinges of Assyria haue destroyed nations and their landes,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
King James Version (1611)
Of a trueth, Lord, the kings of Assyria haue destroyed the nations and their lands,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations,
English Revised Version
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Verili, Lord, the kynges of Assiriens distrieden hethene men, and the londis of alle men,
Update Bible Version
Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations,
Webster's Bible Translation
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
New King James Version
Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste 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
O Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.
New Revised Standard
Truly, O Lord , the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of a truth, O Yahweh, - the kings of Assyria have devoted to destruction the nations and their lands;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.
Revised Standard Version
Of a truth, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Young's Literal Translation
`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,
THE MESSAGE
The facts are true, O God : The kings of Assyria have laid waste countries and kingdoms.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands

Contextual Overview

8 And Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come forth to make war with thee. And he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying: Let not thy God, upon whom thou reliest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations which my fathers have destroyed delivered them: Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Thelassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up into the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, who sittest [between] the cherubim, thou, the Same, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the heavens and the earth. 16 Incline thine ear, Jehovah, and hear; open, Jehovah, thine eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living God. 17 Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Of a truth: Job 9:2, Isaiah 5:9, Jeremiah 26:15, Daniel 2:47, Matthew 14:33, Luke 22:59, Acts 4:27, 1 Corinthians 14:25

the kings: 2 Kings 16:9, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 17:24, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Isaiah 7:17, Isaiah 7:18, Isaiah 10:9-11

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:33 - Hath any 2 Kings 18:35 - Who are 2 Kings 19:11 - General 2 Chronicles 32:4 - kings 2 Chronicles 32:13 - I and my Isaiah 10:10 - the kingdoms Isaiah 36:18 - Hath Daniel 3:1 - made

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.
Genesis 18:22
And the men turned thence, and went towards Sodom; and Abraham remained yet standing before Jehovah.
Genesis 19:13
For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, Up, go out of this place, for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he was as if he jested, in the sight of his sons-in-law.
Genesis 19:15
And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city.
Genesis 19:16
And as he lingered, the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him; and they led him out, and set him without the city.
Genesis 19:18
And Lot said to them, Not [so], I pray thee, Lord;
Genesis 19:22
Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
Genesis 19:26
And his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:31
And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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