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Darby's French Translation

2 Rois 18:21

Or voici, tu te confies en ce bâton de roseau cassé, en l'Égypte, lequel, si quelqu'un s'appuie dessus, lui entre dans la main et la perce. Tel est le Pharaon, roi d'Égypte, pour tous ceux qui se confient en lui.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Assyria;   Confidence;   Diplomacy;   Hypocrisy;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jerusalem;   Pharaoh;   Rab-Shakeh (Rabshakeh);   Reed;   Sennacherib;   War;   Scofield Reference Index - Times of the Gentiles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bruised Reed;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Hezekiah;   Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Egypt;   Hezekiah;   Nahum;   Pharaoh;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cane;   Dispersion;   Pharaoh;   Rabshakeh;   Reed;   Scribes;   Sennacherib;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Reed;   Sennacherib;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Cupbearer;   Hope;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Pharaoh;   Rabshakeh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alliance;   Hezekiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Pharaoh;   Philistines;   Rab-Shakeh;   Reed;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rabshakeh ;   Sennacherib ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Reed;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Pharaoh;   Rabshakeh;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bruise;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Reed;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pharaoh;   Reed;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Assyria;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Egypt;   Pharaoh;  

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Voici, tu te confies en l'Égypte, en ce bâton, ce roseau cassé, qui perce et traverse la main de celui qui s'y appuie. Tel est Pharaon, le roi d'Égypte, pour tous ceux qui se confient en lui.
Louis Segond (1910)
Voici, tu l'as placée dans l'Egypte, tu as pris pour soutien ce roseau cassé, qui pénètre et perce la main de quiconque s'appuie dessus: tel est Pharaon, roi d'Egypte, pour tous ceux qui se confient en lui.
La Bible David Martin (1744)
Voici maintenant, tu t'es confié en l'Egypte, en ce roseau cassé, sur lequel si quelqu'un s'appuie, il lui entrera dans la main, et la percera; tel est Pharaon Roi d'Egypte à tous ceux qui se confient en lui.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

trustest: Heb. trustest thee

the staff: Isaiah 36:6, Ezekiel 29:6, Ezekiel 29:7

upon Egypt: Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 30:7, Isaiah 31:1-3

so is Pharaoh: 2 Kings 17:4, Jeremiah 46:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:15 - princes 2 Kings 18:24 - thy trust Isaiah 20:5 - afraid Isaiah 33:8 - he regardeth Jeremiah 2:16 - Also the Matthew 12:20 - bruised

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This bruised reed - The “tall reed of the Nile bulrush” fitly symbolized the land where it grew. Apparently strong and firm, it was quite unworthy of trust. Let a man lean upon it, and the rotten support instantly gave way, wounding the hand that stayed itself so insecurely. So it was with Egypt throughout the whole period of Jewish history (compare 2 Kings 17:4-6). Her actual practice was to pretend friendship, to hold out hopes of support, and then to fail in time of need.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 18:21. The staff of this bruised reed — Egypt had already been greatly bruised and broken, through the wars carried on against it by the Assyrians.


 
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