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 Chronicles 32:19 in other translations
| BSB | They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands. |
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| WEB | They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands. |
| ASV | And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands. |
| YLT | and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land--work of the hands of man. |
| DARBY | And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of thegods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand. |
| BBE | Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands. |
| Webster | And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the work of the hands of man. |
What does 2 Chronicles 32:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 32:9-20
9-20. (See on 2Ki 18:17-35; also 2Ki 19:8-34).
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…
2 Chronicles 32:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 32:19
- 2 Kings 19:18
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.
- Isaiah 2:8
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
- 2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- Jeremiah 10:9
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
- Psalms 132:13-14
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
- Job 15:25-26
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
- 2 Chronicles 32:13-17
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? 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? Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand? And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah. …
- Psalms 10:13-14
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 115:4-8
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: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. …
- Deuteronomy 27:15
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
- Jeremiah 10:3
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
- Isaiah 37:19
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.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13-17; 1Sa 17:36; Job 15:25,26; Ps 10:13,14; 73:8-11; 139:19,20
the God.
6:6; Ps 76:1,2; 78:68; 87:1-3; 132:13,14; Isa 14:32; Heb 12:22
the work.
De 4:28; 27:15; 2Ki 19:18; Ps 135:15-18; Isa 2:8; 37:19; 44:16-20
Jer 1:16; 10:3,9; 32:30; Ho 8:5,6
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 32:18
Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
- 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 Chronicles 32:20
And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
2 Chronicles 32:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y hablaron contra el Dios de Jerusalem, como contra los dioses de los pueblos de la tierra, obra de manos de hombres. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et ils parlèrent du Dieu de Jérusalem comme des dieux des peuples de la terre, ouvrage de mains d’homme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie redeten von dem Gott Jerusalems wie von den Göttern der Völker der Erde, einem Machwerk von Menschenhänden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Locutusque est contra Deum Jerusalem, sicut adversum deos populorum terræ, opera manuum hominum. |