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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

2 Kings 19:17

Of a truth, O Yahweh, - the kings of Assyria have devoted to destruction the nations and their lands;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prayer;   Religion;   The Topic Concordance - Idolatry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Arpad;   Isaiah;   Rab-Shakeh;   War;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Philistines;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hazael ;   Sennacherib ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.
Hebrew Names Version
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Ashshur have laid waste the nations and their lands,
King James Version
Of a truth, Lord , the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
English Standard Version
Truly, O Lord , the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands
New Century Version
It is true, Lord , that the kings of Assyria have destroyed these countries and their lands.
New English Translation
It is true, Lord , that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.
Amplified Bible
"It is true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have devastated the nations and their lands
New American Standard Bible
"It is true, LORD; the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
World English Bible
Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Trueth it is, Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed the nations and their landes,
Legacy Standard Bible
Truly, O Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands
Berean Standard Bible
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
Contemporary English Version
It is true, our Lord , that Assyrian kings have turned nations into deserts.
Complete Jewish Bible
It is true, Adonai , that the kings of Ashur have laid waste the nations and their lands
Darby Translation
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Easy-to-Read Version
It is true, Lord . The kings of Assyria did destroy all those nations.
George Lamsa Translation
Of a truth, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
Good News Translation
We all know, Lord , that the emperors of Assyria have destroyed many nations, made their lands desolate,
Lexham English Bible
Truly, O Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have utterly destroyed the nations and their land.
Literal Translation
Truly, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations, and their lands;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is true (O LORDE) that the kynges of Assiria haue destroyed the Heythen and their londe with the swerde,
American Standard Version
Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Bible in Basic English
Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of a trueth Lorde, the kinges of Assyria haue destroyed nations and their landes,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
King James Version (1611)
Of a trueth, Lord, the kings of Assyria haue destroyed the nations and their lands,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations,
English Revised Version
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Verili, Lord, the kynges of Assiriens distrieden hethene men, and the londis of alle men,
Update Bible Version
Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations,
Webster's Bible Translation
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
New King James Version
Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
New Living Translation
"It is true, Lord , that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations.
New Life Bible
O Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.
New Revised Standard
Truly, O Lord , the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.
Revised Standard Version
Of a truth, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
Young's Literal Translation
`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,
THE MESSAGE
The facts are true, O God : The kings of Assyria have laid waste countries and kingdoms.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands

Contextual Overview

8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, - for he had heard that he had broken up from Lachish. 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, saying, Lo! he hath come forth to fight with thee, - then he again sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying - 10 Thus, shall ye, speak, unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying - Let not thy God in whom thou art trusting beguile thee, saying, - Jerusalem shall not be given over, into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 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? 12 Did the gods of the nations, deliver them, whom my fathers destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, - and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who were in Telassar? 13 Where are the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, - of Hena, and Ivvah? 14 And, when Hezekiah had received the letter at the hand of the messengers, and had read it, then went he up to the house of Yahweh, and Hezekiah spread it out before Yahweh. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, O Yahweh, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubim, thou thyself, art GOD, alone, for all the kingdoms of the earth, - thou, didst make the heavens and the earth. 16 Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear, and hear, Open, O Yahweh, thine eyes, and see, - yea hear thou the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent - To reproach a Living God! 17 Of a truth, O Yahweh, - the kings of Assyria have devoted to destruction the nations and their lands;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Of a truth: Job 9:2, Isaiah 5:9, Jeremiah 26:15, Daniel 2:47, Matthew 14:33, Luke 22:59, Acts 4:27, 1 Corinthians 14:25

the kings: 2 Kings 16:9, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 17:24, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Isaiah 7:17, Isaiah 7:18, Isaiah 10:9-11

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:33 - Hath any 2 Kings 18:35 - Who are 2 Kings 19:11 - General 2 Chronicles 32:4 - kings 2 Chronicles 32:13 - I and my Isaiah 10:10 - the kingdoms Isaiah 36:18 - Hath Daniel 3:1 - made

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
So Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that the whole of it, was well-watered, - before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar.
Genesis 18:22
And the men turned from thence, and went their way, towards Sodom, - but, Yahweh was yet standing before Abraham.
Genesis 19:13
For we are about to destroy this place, - for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it.
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons-in - law who were about to take his two daughters and said Arise come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
Genesis 19:15
But as soon as, the dawn had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot saying, - Arise! take thy wife and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city.
Genesis 19:16
And he lingered - so the men laid hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife and of the hand of his two daughters, in the tenderness of Yahweh towards him, - and they brought him out and led him forth outside the city.
Genesis 19:18
And Lot said unto them, - No, I pray thee, My Lord!
Genesis 19:22
Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar.
Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked from behind him, - and became - a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:31
And the firstborn said unto the younger. Our father is old, - and, a man, there is not in the earth to come in unto us, after the way of all the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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