2 Paralipomenon 18:21

Nova Vulgata

An speras in baculo arundineo atque confracto, Aegypto, super quem, si incubuerit homo, comminutus ingreditur manum eius et perforabit eam? Sic est pharao rex Aegypti omnibus, qui confidunt in eo.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Accedens autem Elias ad omnem populum, ait : Usquequo claudicatis in duas partes ? Si Dominus est Deus, sequimini eum : si autem Baal, sequimini illum. Et non respondit ei populus verbum.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
an speras in baculo arundineo atque confracto �gypto, super quem, si incubuerit homo, comminutus ingredietur manum ejus, et perforabit eam? sic est Pharao rex �gypti omnibus qui confidunt in se.

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.