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.
2 Kings 19:18 in other translations
| BSB | They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | and have put their gods into fire, for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them. |
| DARBY | and have cast theirgods into the fire; for they were nogods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore have they destroyed them. |
| BBE | And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Kings 19:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 19:14-19
14-19. Hezekiah received the letter ... and went up into the house of the Lord--Hezekiah, after reading it, hastened into the temple, spread it in the childlike confidence of faith before the Lord, as containing taunts deeply affecting the divine honor, and implored deliverance from this proud defier of God and man. The devout spirit of this prayer, the recognition of the Divine Being in the plenitude of His…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 19:8-19
Prayer is the never-failing resource of the tempted Christian, whether struggling with outward difficulties or inward foes. At the mercy-seat of his almighty Friend he opens his heart, spreads his case, like Hezekiah, and makes his appeal. When he can discern that the glory of God is engaged on his side, faith gains the victory, and he rejoices that he shall never be moved. The best pleas in prayer are taken from…
2 Kings 19:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 19:18
- Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
- Jeremiah 10:3-9
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. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. …
- Isaiah 44:9-20
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. …
- Jeremiah 10:14-16
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 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.
- 2 Samuel 5:21
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
- Isaiah 46:1-2
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
- Isaiah 37:18-19
Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, 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.
- 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. …
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2Sa 5:21; Isa 46:1,2
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Ps 115:4-8; Isa 37:18,19; 44:9-20; Jer 10:3-9,14-16; Ac 17:29
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Context
- 2 Kings 19:17
Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
- 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.
- 2 Kings 19:19
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.
2 Kings 19:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y que pusieron en el fuego á sus dioses, por cuanto ellos no eran dioses, sino obra de manos de hombres, madera ó piedra, y así los destruyeron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et ont jeté au feu leurs dieux; car ce n’étaient pas des dieux, mais l’ouvrage de mains d’homme, – du bois, et de la pierre; et ils les ont détruits. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und sie haben ihre Götter ins Feuer geworfen; denn sie waren nicht Götter, sondern ein Werk von Menschenhänden, Holz und Stein, und sie haben sie zerstört. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et miserunt deos eorum in ignem: non enim erant dii, sed opera manuum hominum, ex ligno et lapide: et perdiderunt eos. |