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JPS Old Testament

Isaiah 37:11

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blasphemy;   Letters;   Libnah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Sennacherib;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Sennacherib;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ararat;   Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Interesting facts about the bible;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, you have heard what the kings of Ashshur have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered?
King James Version
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
English Standard Version
Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered?
New American Standard Bible
'Behold, you yourself have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be saved?
New Century Version
You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done. They have completely defeated every country, so do not think you will be saved.
Amplified Bible
'Listen carefully, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, utterly destroying them. So will you be rescued?
World English Bible
Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshur haue done to all lands in destroying them, and shalt thou be deliuered?
Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, devoting them to destruction. So will you be delivered?
Berean Standard Bible
Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
Contemporary English Version
You have heard how we Assyrian kings have completely wiped out other nations. What makes you feel so safe?
Complete Jewish Bible
You have heard what the kings of Ashur have done to all lands — they have completely destroyed them. So how will you be delivered?
Darby Translation
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
Easy-to-Read Version
You have heard what the kings of Assyria did to all the other countries. We destroyed them completely. Will you be saved? No!
George Lamsa Translation
Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shall you be delivered?
Good News Translation
You have heard what an Assyrian emperor does to any country he decides to destroy. Do you think that you can escape?
Lexham English Bible
Look! you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands to destroy them, and you—shall you be delivered?
Literal Translation
Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, to destroy them utterly. And shall you be delivered?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thou knowest well, how the kinges of Assiria haue handled all the londes, that they haue subuerted, & hapest thou to escape?
American Standard Version
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
Bible in Basic English
No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse: and will you be kept safe from their fate?
King James Version (1611)
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria haue done to all lands by destroying them vtterly, and shalt thou be deliuered?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For lo, thou knowest well howe the kynges of Assyria haue handled all the landes that they haue subuerted: and hopest thou to escape?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hast thou not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyed the whole earth? and shalt thou be delivered?
English Revised Version
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! thou herdist alle thingis whiche the kynges of Assiriens diden to alle londis whiche thei distrieden; and maist thou be delyuered?
Update Bible Version
Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them completely: and shall you be delivered?
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
New English Translation
Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?
New King James Version
Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?
New Living Translation
You know perfectly well what the kings of Assyria have done wherever they have gone. They have completely destroyed everyone who stood in their way! Why should you be any different?
New Life Bible
See, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands. They have destroyed them all. So will you be kept from trouble?
New Revised Standard
See, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! thou, thyself, hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands in devoting them to destruction, - and shalt, thou, be delivered?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries which they have destroyed, and canst thou be delivered?
Revised Standard Version
Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. And shall you be delivered?
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands -- to devote them -- and thou art delivered!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?

Contextual Overview

8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia: 'He is come out to fight against thee.' And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying: 10 'Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: Let not thy God in whom thou trustest beguile thee, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar? 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 unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying: 16 'O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest upon the cherubim, Thou art the God, even Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; Thou hast made heaven and earth. 17 Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open Thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to taunt the living God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 37:18, Isaiah 37:19, Isaiah 10:7-14, Isaiah 14:17, Isaiah 36:18-20, 2 Kings 17:4-6, 2 Kings 18:33-35

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:34 - the gods Psalms 14:6 - Ye Isaiah 33:3 - General Isaiah 36:4 - Thus saith Ezekiel 31:5 - his height Ezekiel 31:8 - nor any Micah 7:10 - Where Zephaniah 3:6 - cut

Cross-References

Genesis 24:31
And he said: 'Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.'
Genesis 37:14
And he said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me back word.' So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis 37:16
And he said: 'I seek my brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.'
Psalms 106:16
They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one of the LORD.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Isaiah 11:13
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Isaiah 26:11
LORD, Thy hand was lifted up, yet they see not; they shall see with shame Thy zeal for the people; yea, fire shall devour Thine adversaries.
Daniel 7:28
Here is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts much affrighted me, and my countenance was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly,.... He boasts of the achievements of himself and his ancestors, and of more than was true; and which, if it had been true, was more to their disgrace than honour, namely, utterly to destroy kingdoms, and their inhabitants, to gratify their lusts; but though many had been destroyed by them, yet not all; not Ethiopia, whose king was come out to make war with him, and of whom he seems to be afraid; nor Egypt, which was in confederacy with Ethiopia; nor Judea, he was now invading; but this he said in a taunting way, to terrify Hezekiah:

and shalt thou be delivered? canst thou expect it? surely thou canst not. Is it probable? yea, is it possible thou shouldest be delivered? it is not; as sure as other lands have been destroyed, so sure shall thine.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And shalt thou be delivered? - How will it be possible for you to stand out against the conquerors of the world?


 
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