2 Kings 18:33

Easy-to-Read Version

Did any of the gods of other nations save their land from the king of Assyria?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Has any of the gods of the nations ever rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

Hebrew Names Version
Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Ashshur?

King James Version
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

English Standard Version
Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

New Century Version
Has a god of any other nation saved his people from the power of the king of Assyria?

New English Translation
Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

Amplified Bible
'Has any one of the gods of the nations ever rescued his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

New American Standard Bible
'Has any of the gods of the nations actually saved his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

World English Bible
Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Hath any of the gods of the nations deliuered his lande out of the hand of the King of Asshur?

Legacy Standard Bible
Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Berean Standard Bible
Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Contemporary English Version
Were any other gods able to defend their land against the king of Assyria?

Complete Jewish Bible
Has any god of any nation ever saved his land from the power of the king of Ashur?

Darby Translation
Have any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

George Lamsa Translation
Has any of the gods of the nations been able to deliver his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Good News Translation
Did the gods of any other nations save their countries from the emperor of Assyria?

Lexham English Bible
Did the gods of each of the nations ever rescue the land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Literal Translation
Have the gods of the nations at all delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Haue the goddes of the Heythen delyuered eueryone his londe from the hande of the kynge of Assiria?

American Standard Version
Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Bible in Basic English
Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hath euery one of the gods of the nations deliuered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

King James Version (1611)
Hath any of the gods of the nations deliuered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Have the Gods of the nations at all delivered each their own land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?

English Revised Version
Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether the goddis of hethene men delyueriden her lond fro the hond of the kyng of Assiriens?

Young's Literal Translation
`Have the gods of the nations delivered at all each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?

Update Bible Version
Have any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Webster's Bible Translation
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

New King James Version
Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

New Living Translation
Have the gods of any other nations ever saved their people from the king of Assyria?

New Life Bible
Has any one of the gods of the nations saved his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

New Revised Standard
Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered its land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Have, the gods of the nations, at all delivered, any one of them, his country, out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Revised Standard Version
Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

THE MESSAGE
Hezekiah of Judah In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz began his rule over Judah. He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. In God 's opinion he was a good king; he kept to the standards of his ancestor David. He got rid of the local fertility shrines, smashed the phallic stone monuments, and cut down the sex-and-religion Asherah groves. As a final stroke he pulverized the ancient bronze serpent that Moses had made; at that time the Israelites had taken up the practice of sacrificing to it—they had even dignified it with a name, Nehushtan (The Old Serpent). Hezekiah put his whole trust in the God of Israel. There was no king quite like him, either before or after. He held fast to God —never loosened his grip—and obeyed to the letter everything God had commanded Moses. And God , for his part, held fast to him through all his adventures. He revolted against the king of Assyria; he refused to serve him one more day. And he drove back the Philistines, whether in sentry outposts or fortress cities, all the way to Gaza and its borders. In the fourth year of Hezekiah and the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked Samaria. He threw a siege around it and after three years captured it. It was in the sixth year of Hezekiah and the ninth year of Hoshea that Samaria fell to Assyria. The king of Assyria took Israel into exile and relocated them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in towns of the Medes. All this happened because they wouldn't listen to the voice of their God and treated his covenant with careless contempt. They refused either to listen or do a word of what Moses, the servant of God , commanded. In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the outlying fortress cities of Judah and captured them. King Hezekiah sent a message to the king of Assyria at his headquarters in Lachish: "I've done wrong; I admit it. Pull back your army; I'll pay whatever tribute you set." The king of Assyria demanded tribute from Hezekiah king of Judah—eleven tons of silver and a ton of gold. Hezekiah turned over all the silver he could find in The Temple of God and in the palace treasuries. Hezekiah even took down the doors of The Temple of God and the doorposts that he had overlaid with gold and gave them to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria sent his top three military chiefs (the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh) from Lachish with a strong military force to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool on the road to the laundry commons. They called loudly for the king. Eliakim son of Hilkiah who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the royal secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the court historian went out to meet them. The third officer, the Rabshakeh, was spokesman. He said, "Tell Hezekiah: A message from The Great King, the king of Assyria: You're living in a world of make-believe, of pious fantasy. Do you think that mere words are any substitute for military strategy and troops? Now that you've revolted against me, who can you expect to help you? You thought Egypt would, but Egypt's nothing but a paper tiger—one puff of wind and she collapses; Pharaoh king of Egypt is nothing but bluff and bluster. Or are you going to tell me, ‘We rely on God '? But Hezekiah has just eliminated most of the people's access to God by getting rid of all the local God-shrines, ordering everyone in Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at the Jerusalem altar only.' "So be reasonable. Make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I'll give you two thousand horses if you think you can provide riders for them. You can't do it? Well, then, how do you think you're going to turn back even one raw buck private from my master's troops? How long are you going to hold on to that figment of your imagination, these hoped-for Egyptian chariots and horses? "Do you think I've come up here to destroy this country without the express approval of God ? The fact is that God expressly ordered me, ‘Attack and destroy this country!'" Eliakim son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, "Please, speak to us in the Aramaic language. We understand Aramaic. Don't speak in Hebrew—everyone crowded on the city wall can hear you." But the Rabshakeh said, "We weren't sent with a private message to your master and you; this is public—a message to everyone within earshot. After all, they're involved in this as well as you; if you don't come to terms, they'll be eating their own turds and drinking their own pee right along with you." Then he stepped forward and spoke in Hebrew loud enough for everyone to hear, "Listen carefully to the words of The Great King, the king of Assyria: Don't let Hezekiah fool you; he can't save you. And don't let Hezekiah give you that line about trusting in God , telling you, ‘ God will save us—this city will never be abandoned to the king of Assyria.' Don't listen to Hezekiah—he doesn't know what he's talking about. Listen to the king of Assyria—deal with me and live the good life; I'll guarantee everyone your own plot of ground—a garden and a well! I'll take you to a land sweeter by far than this one, a land of grain and wine, bread and vineyards, olive orchards and honey. You only live once—so live, really live! "No. Don't listen to Hezekiah. Don't listen to his lies, telling you ‘ God will save us.' Has there ever been a god anywhere who delivered anyone from the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? And Samaria—did their gods save them? Can you name a god who saved anyone anywhere from me, the king of Assyria? So what makes you think that God can save Jerusalem from me?" The people were silent. No one spoke a word for the king had ordered, "Don't anyone say a word—not one word!" Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator, and Shebna the royal secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the court historian went back to Hezekiah. They had ripped their robes in despair; they reported to Hezekiah the speech of the Rabshakeh.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ The king of Assyria sent his three most important officers with a large army to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. They left Lachish and went to Jerusalem. They stood near the aqueduct by the Upper Pool, on the street that leads up to Laundryman's Field. ¹⁸ These men called for the king, but Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah son of Asaph went out to meet them. Eliakim was the palace manager, Joah was the record keeper, and Shebna was the royal secretary. ¹⁹ The commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assyria says: ‘What are you trusting in to help you? ²⁰ If you say, "I trust in power and great battle plans," then that is useless. Now I ask you, who do you trust so much that you are willing to rebel against me? ²¹ Are you depending on Egypt to help you? Egypt is like a broken walking stick. If you lean on it for support, it will only hurt you and make a hole in your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, cannot be trusted by anyone who depends on him for help. ²² Maybe you will say, "We trust the Lord our God to help us." But I know that Hezekiah destroyed the altars and high places where people worshiped the Lord. Hezekiah told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship only at this one altar here in Jerusalem." ²³ ‘If you still want to fight my master, the king of Assyria, I will make this agreement with you. I promise that I will give you 2000 horses if you can find enough men to ride them into battle. ²⁴ 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? ²⁵ ‘Now, do you think I came to this country to destroy it without the Lord 's help? No, the Lord said to me, "Go up against this country and destroy it!"'" ²⁶ Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the commander, "Please speak to us in Aramaic. We understand that language. Don't speak to us in the language of Judah because the people on the wall will understand you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hath any: 2 Kings 19:12, 2 Kings 19:13, 2 Kings 19:17, 2 Kings 19:18, 2 Chronicles 32:14-17, 2 Chronicles 32:19, Isaiah 10:10, Isaiah 36:18-20

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 19:23 - With the multitude 2 Chronicles 32:13 - were the gods Isaiah 37:11 - General Hosea 10:14 - as

Cross-References

Genesis 18:16
Then the men got up to leave. They looked toward Sodom and began walking in that direction. Abraham walked with them to send them on their way.

Genesis 18:22
So the men turned and started walking toward Sodom while Abraham stood there before the Lord .

Genesis 31:55
Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye. He blessed them and went back home.

Genesis 32:26
Then the man said to Jacob, "Let me go. The sun is coming up." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go. You must bless me."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The boast is natural. The Assyrians had had an uninterrupted career of success, and might well believe that their gods were more powerful than those of the nations with whom they had warred. It is not surprising that they did not understand that their successes hitherto had been allowed by the very God, Yahweh, against whom they were now boasting themselves.