2 Chronicles 32:10

English Standard Version

"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you trusting, that you endure 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?

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?

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

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, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying, ¹⁰ "Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, ‘On what are you trusting, that you endure the siege in Jerusalem? ¹¹ Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, "The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria"? ¹² Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, "Before one altar you shall worship, and on it you shall burn your sacrifices"? ¹³ Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand? ¹⁴ Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers devoted to destruction was able to deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand? ¹⁵ Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand!'" ¹⁶ And his servants said still more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah. ¹⁷ And he wrote letters to cast contempt on the Lord , the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, "Like the gods of the nations of the lands who have not delivered their people from my hands, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver his people from my hand." ¹⁸ And they shouted it with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, in order 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
Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

Genesis 28:15
Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

Genesis 30:43
Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

Genesis 32:5
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.'"

Genesis 32:6
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him."

Genesis 32:7
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps,

Genesis 32:8
thinking, "If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape."

Genesis 32:9
And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,'

Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

Genesis 32:11
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers 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.