2 Kings 19 · Verse 21

2 Kings 19:21

This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
2 Kings 19:21, King James Version

2 Kings 19:21 in other translations

BSBThis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
WEBThis is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
ASVThis is the word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
YLTthis is the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: ‘Trampled on thee--laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head--Hath the daughter of Jerusalem?
DARBYThis is the word that Jehovah has spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.
BBEThis is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.
WebsterThis is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

What does 2 Kings 19:21 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee - "So truly contemptible is thy power, and empty thy boasts, that even the young women of Jerusalem, under the guidance of Jehovah, shall be amply sufficient to discomfit all thy forces, and cause thee to return with shame to thy own country, where the most disgraceful death awaits thee." When Bishop Warburton had published his Doctrine of Grace, and chose to fall foul on some of the most religious people of the land, a young woman of the city of Gloucester exposed his graceless system in a pamphlet, to which she affixed the above words as a motto!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 19:20-34

All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invasion of the Assyrians probably had prevented the land from being sown that year. The next is supposed to have been the sabbatical year, but the Lord engaged that the produce of the land should be sufficient for their support…

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2 Kings 19:21 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.

זֶ֣הzehthisH2088
הַדָּבָ֔רha.da.Var[is] the wordH1697
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
דִּבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe has spokenH1696
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עָלָ֑יו'a.Lavon himH5921
בָּזָ֨הba.Zahshe has despisedH959
לְךָ֜le.Kha<to> you
לָעֲגָ֣הla.'a.Gahshe has mockedH3932
לְךָ֗le.Kha<to> you
בְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.Lat[the] virgin ofH1330
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323
צִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726
אַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙'a.cha.Rei.khabehind youH310
רֹ֣אשׁrosha headH7218
הֵנִ֔יעָהhe.Ni.'ahshe has shakenH5128
בַּ֖תbat[the] daughter ofH1323
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 19:21

  • Lamentations 2:13

    What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

  • Job 16:4

    I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

  • Matthew 27:39

    And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

  • Jeremiah 14:17

    Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

  • Psalms 109:25

    I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

  • Lamentations 2:15

    All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

  • Isaiah 37:21-35

    Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. …

  • Psalms 22:7-8

    All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

  • Psalms 9:14

    That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

  • Jeremiah 18:13

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

  • Isaiah 23:10

    Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

  • Isaiah 1:8

    And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The virgin.
Isa 23:12; 37:21,22-35; 47:1; Jer 14:17; 18:13; 31:4; La 1:15; 2:13
Am 5:2
the daughter.
Ps 9:14; 137:8; Isa 1:8; 23:10; 47:5; Jer 46:11; La 2:13; 4:21
Mic 4:8; Zec 9:9
shaken her head.
Job 16:4; Ps 22:7,8; Isa 37:22; La 2:15; Mt 27:39

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Context

  • 2 Kings 19:20

    Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

  • 2 Kings 19:21

    This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  • 2 Kings 19:22

    Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

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2 Kings 19:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esta es la palabra que Jehová ha hablado contra él: Hate menospreciado, hate escarnecido la virgen hija de Sión; ha movido su cabeza detrás de ti la hija de Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est ici la parole que l’ Éternel a prononcée contre lui: La vierge, fille de Sion, te méprise, elle se moque de toi; la fille de Jérusalem secoue la tête après toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dies ist das Wort, welches Jehova über ihn geredet hat: Es verachtet dich, es spottet deiner die Jungfrau, die Tochter Zion; die Tochter Jerusalem schüttelt das Haupt dir nach.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Iste est sermo, quem locutus est Dominus de eo: Sprevit te, et subsannavit te, virgo filia Sion: post tergum tuum caput movit, filia Jerusalem.