2 Kings 18 · Verse 24

2 Kings 18:24

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?
2 Kings 18:24, King James Version

2 Kings 18:24 in other translations

BSBFor how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
WEBHow then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
ASVHow then canst 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?
YLTAnd how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?
DARBYHow then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!
BBEHow then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:
WebsterHow 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?

What does 2 Kings 18:24 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 18:17-37

Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? It were well if sinners would submit to the force of this argument, in seeking peace with God. It is, therefore, our wisdom to yield to him, because it is in vain to contend with him: what confidence is that which those trust in who stand out against him? A great deal of art there…

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2 Kings 18:24 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.

וְאֵ֣יךְve.'Eikhand how?H349
תָּשִׁ֗יבta.Shivwill you turn backH7725
אֵ֠ת'et<obj.>H853
פְּנֵ֨יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
פַחַ֥תfa.Chat[the] governorH6346
אַחַ֛ד'a.Chad<of> one ofH259
עַבְדֵ֥י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650
אֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.Nimaster myH113
הַקְּטַנִּ֑יםha.ke.ta.Nim<the> smallH6996
וַתִּבְטַ֤חva.tiv.Tachand you have been relyingH982
לְךָ֙le.Kha<for> yourself
עַל\־'al-onH5921
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
לְרֶ֖כֶבle.Re.khevfor chariotryH7393
וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים\׃u.le.fa.ra.Shimand for horsemenH6571

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Cross references for 2 Kings 18:24

  • Isaiah 10:8

    For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

  • Daniel 2:37-38

    Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

  • Isaiah 36:9

    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?

  • Deuteronomy 17:16

    But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

  • Jeremiah 37:7

    Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

  • Daniel 4:22

    It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

  • Ezekiel 17:15

    But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

  • Ezekiel 17:17

    Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

  • 2 Kings 18:21

    Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

  • Isaiah 31:1

    Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!

  • Jeremiah 42:14-18

    Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. …

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How then.
Isa 10:8; Da 2:37,38; 4:22,37
thy trust.
21; De 17:16; Isa 31:1,3; 36:6,9; Jer 37:7; 42:14-18; Eze 17:15,17
chariots.
Ps 20:7,8

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Context

  • 2 Kings 18:23

    Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

  • 2 Kings 18:24

    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?

  • 2 Kings 18:25

    Am I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

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2 Kings 18:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Cómo pues harás volver el rostro de un capitán el menor de los siervos de mi señor, aunque estés confiado en Egipto por sus carros y su gente de á caballo?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et comment ferais-tu tourner visage à un seul capitaine d’entre les moindres serviteurs de mon seigneur? Et tu mets ta confiance en l’Égypte, pour des chars et des cavaliers…
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wie wolltest du einen einzigen Befehlshaber von den geringsten Knechten meines Herrn zurücktreiben? Aber du vertraust auf Ägypten wegen Wagen und wegen Reiter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et quomodo potestis resistere ante unum satrapam de servis domini mei minimis? an fiduciam habes in Ægypto propter currus et equites?