2 Kings 18:29
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
2 Kings 18:29 in other translations
| BSB | This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand. |
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| WEB | The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand. |
| ASV | Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand: |
| YLT | thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you out of his hand; |
| DARBY | Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of the king's hand. |
| BBE | This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him. |
| Webster | Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: |
What does 2 Kings 18:29 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…
2 Kings 18:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 18:29
- 2 Chronicles 32:15
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?
- 2 Chronicles 32:11
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- John 19:10-11
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
- Daniel 3:15-17
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
- Daniel 6:16
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
- Psalms 73:8-9
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
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Context
- 2 Kings 18:28
Then Rab–shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
- 2 Kings 18:29
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
- 2 Kings 18:30
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 18:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así ha dicho el rey: No os engañe Ezechîas, porque no os podrá librar de mi mano. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ainsi dit le roi: Qu’Ézéchias ne vous trompe point; car il ne pourra pas vous délivrer de la main du roi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | So spricht der König: Daß euch Hiskia nicht täusche; denn er wird euch nicht von seiner Hand zu erretten vermögen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hæc dicit rex: Non vos seducat Ezechias: non enim poterit eruere vos de manu mea: |