2 Chronicles 32 · Verse 13

2 Chronicles 32:13

Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
2 Chronicles 32:13, King James Version

2 Chronicles 32:13 in other translations

BSBDo you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
WEBDon’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand?
ASVKnow ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?
YLT‘Do ye not know what I have done--I and my fathers--to all peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands at all able to deliver their land out of my hand?
DARBYDo ye not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the countries? Were thegods of the nations of the countries in any wise able to deliver their country out of my hand?
BBEHave you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?
WebsterKnow ye not what I and my fathers have done to all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of my hand?

What does 2 Chronicles 32:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:9-20

9-20. (See on 2Ki 18:17-35; also 2Ki 19:8-34).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

Those who trust God with their safety, must use proper means, else they tempt him. God will provide, but so must we also. Hezekiah gathered his people together, and spake comfortably to them. A believing confidence in God, will raise us above the prevailing fear of man. Let the good subjects and soldiers of Jesus Christ, rest upon his word, and boldly say, Since God is for us, who can be against us? By the favour of…

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2 Chronicles 32:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲלֹ֣אha.Lo'¿ notH3808
תֵדְע֗וּte.de.'Udo you knowH3045
מֶ֤הmehwhat?H4100
עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙'a.Si.tihave I doneH6213
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
וַאֲבוֹתַ֔יva.'a.vo.Taiand fathers myH1
לְכֹ֖לle.Kholto allH3605
עַמֵּ֣י'a.Mei[the] peoples ofH5971
הָאֲרָצ֑וֹתha.'a.ra.Tzotthe landsH776
הֲיָכ֣וֹלha.ya.Khol¿ really <to be able>H3201
יָֽכְל֗וּya.khe.Luwere they ableH3201
אֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.Hei[the] gods ofH430
גּוֹיֵ֣go.Ye[the] nations ofH1471
הָאֲרָצ֔וֹתha.'a.ra.Tzotthe landsH776
לְהַצִּ֥ילle.ha.Tzilto deliverH5337
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אַרְצָ֖ם'ar.Tzamland theirH776
מִיָּדִֽי\׃mi.ya.Difrom hand myH3027

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 32:13

  • 2 Kings 18:33-35

    Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

  • 2 Kings 19:17-19

    Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.

  • Daniel 4:30

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

  • 2 Kings 17:5-6

    Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:19

    And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

  • Jeremiah 10:16

    The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4

    As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

  • Isaiah 10:9-10

    Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

  • Daniel 4:37

    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  • Isaiah 10:14

    And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

  • Psalms 115:3-8

    But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I and my.
2Ki 15:29; 17:5,6; 19:11-13,17,18; Isa 10:9,10,14; 37:12,13,18-20
Da 4:30,37; 5:19
were the gods.
19; 2Ki 18:33-35; 19:18,19; Ps 115:3-8; Isa 44:8-10
Jer 10:11,12,16; Ac 19:26; 1Co 8:4

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 32:12

    Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

  • 2 Chronicles 32:13

    Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

  • 2 Chronicles 32:14

    Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

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2 Chronicles 32:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿No habéis sabido lo que yo y mis padres hemos hecho á todos los pueblos de la tierra? ¿Pudieron los dioses de las gentes de las tierras librar su tierra de mi mano?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ne savez-vous pas ce que j’ai fait, moi, et aussi mes pères, à tous les peuples des pays? Les dieux des nations des pays ont-ils bien pu délivrer leur pays de ma main?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wisset ihr nicht, was ich und meine Väter allen Völkern der Länder getan haben? Haben die Götter der Nationen der Länder irgendwie vermocht, ihr Land aus meiner Hand zu erretten?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
an ignoratis quæ ego fecerim, et patres mei, cunctis terrarum populis? numquid prævaluerunt dii gentium, omniumque terrarum, liberare regionem suam de manu mea?