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New Living Translation

Isaiah 36:20

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 Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blasphemy;   Diplomacy;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gods;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Who among all the gods of these lands ever rescued his land from my power? So will the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?”
Hebrew Names Version
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Yerushalayim out of my hand?
King James Version
Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
English Standard Version
Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'"
New American Standard Bible
'Who among all the gods of these lands have saved their land from my hand, that the LORD would save Jerusalem from my hand?'"
New Century Version
Not one of all the gods of these countries has saved his people from me. Neither can the Lord save Jerusalem from my power."
Amplified Bible
'Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their land from my hand, that [you should think that] the LORD would rescue Jerusalem from my hand?'"
World English Bible
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who is hee among all the gods of these lands, that hath deliuered their countrey out of mine hand, that the Lorde should deliuer Ierusalem out of mine hand?
Legacy Standard Bible
Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their land from my hand, that Yahweh would deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"
Berean Standard Bible
Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"
Contemporary English Version
None of these gods kept their people safe from the king of Assyria. Do you think the Lord , your God, can do any better?
Complete Jewish Bible
Where is the god of any of these countries that has saved its country from my power, so that Adonai might be able to save Yerushalayim from my power?'"
Darby Translation
Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Easy-to-Read Version
None of the gods of these other places were able to save their land from me! So why do you think the Lord can save Jerusalem from me?
George Lamsa Translation
Who is he among all the gods of these lands that has delivered his land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Good News Translation
When did any of the gods of all these countries ever save their country from our emperor? Then what makes you think the Lord can save Jerusalem?"
Lexham English Bible
Who are there among all the gods of these countries who have saved their land from my hand, that Yahweh should save Jerusalem from my hand?"'"
Literal Translation
Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah should keep Jerusalem out of my hand?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or which of all the goddes of the lodes, hath deliuered their countre out of my power, so that the LORDE shulde delyuer Ierusalem fro my honde?
American Standard Version
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Bible in Basic English
Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hand, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hand?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
King James Version (1611)
Who are they amongst all the gods of these landes, that haue deliuered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliuer Ierusalem out of my hand?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Or which of all the gods of these landes hath deliuered their countrey out of my power? Is the Lord in deede able to deliuer Hierusalem from my hande?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Which is the god of all these nations, that has delivered his land out of my hand, that God should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
English Revised Version
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Who is of alle goddis of these londis, that delyueride his lond fro myn hond, that the Lord delyuere Jerusalem fro myn hond?
Update Bible Version
Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Webster's Bible Translation
Who [are they] among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
New English Translation
Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?'"
New King James Version
Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?"'
New Life Bible
Who among all the gods of these lands have taken their land out of my hand? So why should the Lord save Jerusalem from my hand?'"
New Revised Standard
Who among all the gods of these countries have saved their countries out of my hand, that the Lord should save Jerusalem out of my hand?'"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who are they, among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand? That, Yahweh, should deliver, Jerusalem, out of my hand!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who is there among all the gods of these lands, that hath delivered his country out of my hand, that the Lord may deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Revised Standard Version
Who among all the gods of these countries have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'"
Young's Literal Translation
Who among all the gods of these lands [are] they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD would deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"

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

that the Lord: Isaiah 37:18, Isaiah 37:19, Isaiah 37:23-29, Isaiah 45:16, Isaiah 45:17, Exodus 5:2, 2 Kings 19:22-37, 2 Chronicles 32:15, 2 Chronicles 32:19, Job 15:25, Job 15:26, Job 40:9-12, Psalms 50:21, Psalms 73:9, Daniel 3:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:9 - I will pursue Psalms 55:19 - no changes Isaiah 10:11 - as I have Isaiah 37:4 - to reproach Isaiah 37:10 - Let not Isaiah 37:12 - the gods Isaiah 44:17 - Deliver me Isaiah 50:2 - have I Ezekiel 35:13 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites at Mount Seir, as far as El-paran at the edge of the wilderness.
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 36:22
The descendants of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Lotan's sister was named Timna.
Genesis 36:30
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. The Horite clans are named after their clan leaders, who lived in the land of Seir.
Genesis 36:38
When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Acbor became king in his place.
Genesis 36:42
Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
Deuteronomy 2:12
In earlier times the Horites had lived in Seir, but they were driven out and displaced by the descendants of Esau, just as Israel drove out the people of Canaan when the Lord gave Israel their land.)
Deuteronomy 2:22
He had done the same for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, for he destroyed the Horites so they could settle there in their place. The descendants of Esau live there to this day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who are they amongst all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand?.... Not one of them, it is suggested; wherefore then should it be thought practicable,

that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? thus blasphemously setting the Lord God of Israel upon a level with the fictitious gods of the Gentiles; though these could not, the Lord could, being the Lord God Almighty. If Rabshakeh was an apostate Jew, he must have known better; but the malice of such is usually the greatest.


 
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