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New Living Translation

Isaiah 36:14

This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the king says: “Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot rescue you.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the king, Don't let Hizkiyahu deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:
King James Version
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
English Standard Version
Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you.
New American Standard Bible
"This is what the king says: 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to save you;
New Century Version
The king says you should not let Hezekiah fool you, because he can't save you.
Amplified Bible
"This is what the king says, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to rescue you;
World English Bible
Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith the King, Let not Hezekiah deceiue you: for he shall not be able to deliuer you.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says the king, ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.
Contemporary English Version
Don't be fooled by Hezekiah. He can't save you.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is what the king says: ‘Don't let Hizkiyahu deceive you, because he won't be able to save you.
Darby Translation
Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah fool you! He cannot save you from my power.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you.
Good News Translation
He warns you not to let Hezekiah deceive you. Hezekiah can't save you.
Lexham English Bible
Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you!
Literal Translation
So says the king, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to save you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth the kinge: Let not Ezechias disceaue you, for he shal not be able to delyuer you.
American Standard Version
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:
Bible in Basic English
This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the king: Let not Hezekiah beguile you, for he will not be able to deliver you;
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the king; Let not Hezekiah deceiue you, for he shall not be able to deliuer you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the kyng: Let not Hezekia deceaue you, for he shall not be able to deliuer you.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
thus says the king, Let not Ezekias deceive you with words: he will not be able to deliver you.
English Revised Version
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The kyng seith these thingis, Esechie disseyue not you, for he may not delyuere you;
Update Bible Version
Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he will not be able to deliver you.
New English Translation
This is what the king says: ‘Don't let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you!
New King James Version
Thus says the king: "Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;
New Life Bible
The king says, ‘Do not let Hezekiah lie to you. For he will not be able to bring you out of your trouble.
New Revised Standard
Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you, - for he shall not be able to deliver you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the king: Let not Ezechias deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you.
Revised Standard Version
Thus says the king: 'Do not let Hezeki'ah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you.
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;

Contextual Overview

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Assyrian chief of staff, "Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don't speak in Hebrew, for the people on the wall will hear." 12 But Sennacherib's chief of staff replied, "Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine." 13 Then the chief of staff stood and shouted in Hebrew to the people on the wall, "Listen to this message from the great king of Assyria! 14 This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you. 15 Don't let him fool you into trusting in the Lord by saying, ‘The Lord will surely rescue us. This city will never fall into the hands of the Assyrian king!' 16 "Don't listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well. 17 Then I will arrange to take you to another land like this one—a land of grain and new wine, bread and vineyards. 18 "Don't let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The Lord will rescue us!' Have the gods of any other nations ever saved their people from the king of Assyria? 19 What happened to the gods of Hamath and Arpad? And what about the gods of Sepharvaim? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power? 20 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?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 37:10-13, 2 Kings 19:10-13, 2 Kings 19:22, 2 Chronicles 32:11, 2 Chronicles 32:13-19, Daniel 3:15-17, Daniel 6:20, Daniel 7:25, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Revelation 13:5, Revelation 13:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 25:2 - let not

Cross-References

Genesis 36:2
Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
Genesis 36:5
Oholibamah gave birth to sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 36:18
The descendants of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clan leaders who descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
1 Chronicles 1:35
The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the king,.... The king of Assyria, whom he personated, whose general and ambassador he was; so he spake to command the greater awe of the people, and the more to terrify them:

let not Hezekiah deceive you; with fair words, promising protection and safety, making preparations for the defence of the city, and to oblige the besiegers to break up the siege of it:

for he shall not be able to deliver you; but if he was not, his God, whom he served, and in whom he trusted, was able to deliver them, and did deliver them; though he endeavoured to dissuade them from trusting in him, or hearkening to Hezekiah's persuasions thereunto, as in the following verse.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let not Hezekiah deceive you - By inducing you to put your trust in Yahweh or in himself; or with promises that you will be delivered.

Not be able to deliver you - In 2 Kings 18:29, it is added, ‘out of his hand;’ but the sense is substantially the same.


 
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