Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
it came
to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that
Sennacherib king of Assyria
came
up
against all the defenced
cities of Judah, and took
them.
And
it cometh
to pass ,
in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, come
up
hath
Sennacherib king of Asshur
against all the fenced
cities of Judah, and seizeth
them.
And the king of Assyria
sent
Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great
army.
And he stood
by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field .
And the king of Asshur
sendeth
Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem ,
unto the
king Hezekiah ,
with a heavy
force,
and he standeth
by the conduit of the upper pool ,
in the highway of the fuller's field ,
Then
came
forth unto him Eliakim ,
Hilkiah's
son, which
was
over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah ,
Asaph's
son, the recorder
.
and
go
forth unto him doth
Eliakim son of
Hilkiah
, who
`is'
over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of
Asaph
, the remembrancer
.
And Rabshakeh said
unto them, Say ye now
to
Hezekiah, Thus saith
the great king, the king of Assyria
, What confidence
is this wherein
thou trustest
?
And Rabshakeh saith
unto them, `
Say ye ,
I
pray
you,
unto
Hezekiah, `
Thus said
the great king, the king of Asshur
, What `
is '
this confidence
in
which
thou hast
confided
?
I say,
sayest
thou,
(but
they
are
but
vain
words)
I
have counsel and strength
for war
: now on whom dost
thou trust
, that thou rebellest
against me?
I have said:
Only,
a
word
of
the
lips!
counsel and might
`are'
for battle
: now ,
on whom hast
thou trusted
, that thou hast
rebelled
against me?
Lo, thou trustest
in
the staff of this broken reed ,
on Egypt ;
whereon
if
a man lean
, it will
go
into his hand, and pierce
it :
so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that
trust
in
him.
`
Lo, thou hast
trusted
on
the staff of this broken reed --
on Egypt --
which
a man leaneth
on
, and
it hath
gone
into his hand, and pierced
it --
so `
is '
Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those
trusting
on
him.
But
if
thou say to
me, We
trust
in
the
LORD
our God :
is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken
away
, and said
to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye
shall
worship
before this altar?
`And
dost
thou say unto
me, Unto
Jehovah
our God we
have
trusted?
is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned
aside
, and saith
to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye
do
bow
yourselves
?
Now therefore
give
pledges
, I pray thee, to
my master
the king of Assyria
, and I will
give thee two thousand horses, if thou be
able on
thy
part
to set
riders upon
them.
`And
now, negotiate,
I pray thee, with
my lord
the king of Asshur
, and I give to
thee two thousand horses, if thou art
able to put
for
thee
riders on
them.
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?
And
how dost
thou turn back
the face of one captain of the least of the
servants of
my
lord
, and dost
trust for
thee
on Egypt ,
for chariot
and for horsemen?
And am
I
now come up without
the
LORD
against this land to destroy it? the
LORD
said unto me, Go up against
this land, and destroy
it.
And now ,
without
Jehovah
have
I
come up against this land to destroy it? Jehovah
said unto me, Go up unto
this land, and thou
hast
destroyed
it. '
Then
said
Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I
pray thee, unto thy servants in the
Syrian
language;
for we understand
it:
and speak
not to
us in the
Jews
' language
, in the ears of the people that
are on the wall.
And
Eliakim saith
--
and Shebna and Joah --
unto Rabshakeh, `
Speak, we
pray thee, unto thy servants `
in '
Aramaean,
for we are
understanding;
and do
not speak
unto
us `
in' Jewish
, in the ears of the people who
`
are '
on the wall. '
But
Rabshakeh said
, Hath my master
sent me to thy
master
and
to
thee
to
speak these words? hath
he
not sent
me
to
the men that
sit
upon
the wall ,
that
they
may
eat their own dung ,
and drink their own piss
with you?
And
Rabshakeh saith
, `Unto
thy
lord,
and
unto
thee,
hath my lord
sent me to speak these words? is
it
not for
the men --
those
sitting
on
the wall to
eat their own dung and to
drink their own water
with you? '
Then
Rabshakeh stood,
and cried
with a loud
voice in the
Jews
' language
, and said
, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
And
Rabshakeh standeth
and calleth
with a great
voice `
in' Jewish
, and saith
, `
Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Asshur:
Thus saith
the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive
you :
for he shall
not be
able to deliver you .
Thus said
the king, Let not Hezekiah lift
you up,
for he is
not able to deliver you ;
Neither
let Hezekiah make you trust in
the
LORD
, saying, The
LORD
will
surely
deliver us :
this city shall
not be
delivered
into the hand of the king of Assyria
.
and
let not
Hezekiah make you trust unto
Jehovah
, saying, Jehovah
doth
certainly
deliver us ,
this city is
not given
into the hand of the king of Asshur
.
Hearken
not to
Hezekiah :
for thus saith
the king of Assyria
, Make an
agreement
with me by
a present
, and come out to
me :
and eat ye every
one
of his vine, and every
one
of his fig tree, and drink ye every
one
the waters of his own cistern;
`Do
not hearken
unto
Hezekiah ,
for thus said
the king of Asshur
, Make ye
with me a blessing
, and come out unto
me ,
and eat ye each
of his vine, and each
of his fig -
tree, and drink ye each
the waters of his own well,
Until
I
come
and take
you away
to
a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards .
till
my
coming
in,
and I
have
taken
you unto
a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards ;
Beware
lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the
LORD
will
deliver us. Hath
any
of
the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria
?
lest Hezekiah doth
persuade you, saying, Jehovah
doth
deliver us. `Have
the gods of the nations delivered each
his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur
?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad
? where are
the gods of Sepharvaim ?
and
have
they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Where `
are '
the gods of Hamath and Arpad
? Where the gods of Sepharvaim ,
that
they have
delivered Samaria out of my hand?
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?
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? '
But
they held
their
peace
, and answered him not
a word :
for the king's
commandment
was
, saying, Answer him not
.
And
they keep
silent
, and have
not
answered him a word ,
for a
command
of
the king
is
, saying, `Do
not
answer him. '
Then
came
Eliakim ,
the
son of Hilkiah, that
was
over the household
, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah ,
the
son of Asaph, the recorder
, to
Hezekiah with their
clothes
rent, and told
him the words of Rabshakeh.
And
Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who
`is'
over the house
, cometh
in,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer
, unto
Hezekiah with rent garments
, and they
declare
to
him the words of Rabshakeh.
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