2 Kings 18:24

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

How then wilt thou turn back the face of one pasha of the least of my lord's servants? Or hast thou, on thy part, trusted to Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Hebrew Names Version
How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Mitzrayim for chariots and for horsemen?

King James Version
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

English Standard Version
How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

New Century Version
You cannot defeat one of my master's least important officers, so why do you depend on Egypt to give you chariots and horsemen?

New English Translation
Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

Amplified Bible
"How then can you drive back even one official of the least of my master's servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

New American Standard Bible
"How then can you drive back even one official of the least of my master's servants, and rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

World English Bible
How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Geneva Bible (1587)
For how canst thou despise any captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and horsemen?

Legacy Standard Bible
How then can you turn away one official of the least of my master's servants, and trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Berean Standard Bible
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master's servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Contemporary English Version
How could you even defeat our lowest ranking officer, when you have to depend on Egypt for chariots and cavalry?

Complete Jewish Bible
How then can you repulse even one of my master's lowest-ranked army officers? Yet you are relying on Egypt for chariots and riders!

Darby Translation
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

Easy-to-Read Version
But even then you couldn't beat one of my master's lowest ranking officers. So why do you still depend on Egypt's chariots and horse soldiers?

George Lamsa Translation
How then will you refuse the request of one of the least nobles of my masters servants and put your trust in the Egyptian to give you chariots and horsemen?

Good News Translation
You are no match for even the lowest ranking Assyrian official, and yet you expect the Egyptians to send you chariots and cavalry!

Lexham English Bible
How can you repulse a single captain among the least of the servants of my master? Yet you rely for yourself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen!

Literal Translation
And how will you turn back the face of one prefect of the least of the servants of my lord, that you trust for yourself upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
how wilt thou then endure before the smallest prynce of my lordes subiectes? And trustest thou vnto Egipte because of the charettes and horsmen?

American Standard Version
How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Bible in Basic English
How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Why thinkest thou scorne at the presence of one of the least Dukes of my maisters seruauntes, and trustest to Egypt for charets and horsmen?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain, even of the least of my masters servants? and yet thou puttest thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

King James Version (1611)
How then wilt thou turne away the face of one captaine of the least of my masters seruants, and put thy trust on Egypt for charets and for horsemen?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one petty governor, from among the least of my lord’s servants? whereas thou trustest for thyself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

English Revised Version
How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And hou moun ye withstonde bifor o prince of the leste seruauntis of my lord? Whether thou hast trist in Egipt, for charis and knyytis?

Young's Literal Translation
And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?

Update Bible Version
How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's slaves, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Webster's Bible Translation
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

New King James Version
How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

New Living Translation
With your tiny army, how can you think of challenging even the weakest contingent of my master's troops, even with the help of Egypt's chariots and charioteers?

New Life Bible
How can you fight back one captain among the least of my ruler's servants, when you trust Egypt for war-wagons and horsemen?

New Revised Standard
How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And how can you stand against one lord of the least of my master’s servants? Dost thou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Revised Standard Version
How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master's servants, and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh, from Lachish unto King Hezekiah, with a heavy force to Jerusalem, - so they came up and drew near to Jerusalem, and took their stand by the upper channel of the pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. ¹⁸ Then called they for the king, and there went out unto them Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, - and Shebnah, the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder. ¹⁹ And Rab-shakeh said unto them - Pray you, say unto Hezekiah, - Thus, saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What trust is this wherewith thou dost trust? ²⁰ Thou hast said - they are only words of the lips! - Counsel and might have I for the war. Now, in whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me? ²¹ Now, lo! thou dost trust thyself on the support of this bruised cane, on Egypt, whereon, if a man lean, it will enter his hand and lay it open, - so, is Pharaoh king of Egypt, to all who trust upon him. ²² But, if ye should say unto me, In Yahweh our God, do we trust, Then is that not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath removed, and said unto Judah, and unto Jerusalem - Before this altar, shall ye bow down, in Jerusalem? ²³ Now, therefore, pledge thyself, I pray thee, with my lord, the king of Assyria, - that I supply thee with two thousand horses, if thou, on thy part, be able to set riders upon them. ²⁴ How then wilt thou turn back the face of one pasha of the least of my lord's servants? Or hast thou, on thy part, trusted to Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? ²⁵ Now, is it, without Yahweh, that I have come up against this place, to destroy it? Yahweh himself, said unto me, Go thou up against this land, and destroy it. ²⁶ Then said Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh: Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants in the, Syrian, language, for, we, can, understand, it, - and do not speak with us in, the Jews', language, in the ears of the people who are upon the wall.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

How then: Isaiah 10:8, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:38, Daniel 4:22, Daniel 4:37

thy trust: 2 Kings 18:21, Deuteronomy 17:16, Isaiah 31:1, Isaiah 31:3, Isaiah 36:6, Isaiah 36:9, Jeremiah 37:7, Jeremiah 42:14-18, Ezekiel 17:15, Ezekiel 17:17

chariots: Psalms 20:7, Psalms 20:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 50:9 - chariots 1 Samuel 17:42 - disdained

Cross-References

Genesis 18:13
And Yahweh said unto Abraham, - Wherefore now did Sarah laugh saying. Can it really and truly be that I should bear, seeing that have become old?

Genesis 18:14
Is anything, too wonderful for Yahweh? At the appointed time, I will return unto thee, at the quickening season and Sarah, shall have a son.

Genesis 18:32
And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak only this once, Peradventure there may be found there - ten. And he said, I will not destroy it , for the sake of the ten!

Isaiah 1:9
If, Yahweh of hosts, had not left us a very small remnant, Like Sodom, had we become, Gomorrah, had we resembled.

Jeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, - That I may pardon her.

Acts 27:24
saying - Be not afraid, Paul! for, before Caesar, must thou needs stand. And lo! God hath granted to thee as a favour, all them who are sailing with thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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