2 Kings 19 · Verse 30

2 Kings 19:30

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
2 Kings 19:30, King James Version

2 Kings 19:30 in other translations

BSBAnd the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
WEBThe remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
ASVAnd the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
YLTAnd it hath continued--The escaped of the house of Judah That hath been left--to take root beneath, And hath made fruit upward.
DARBYAnd the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
BBEAnd those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.
WebsterAnd the remnant that hath escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

What does 2 Kings 19:30 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 The remnant - shall yet again take root - As your corn shall take root in the soil, and bring forth and abundantly multiply itself, so shall the Jewish people; the population shall be greatly increased, and the desolations occasioned by the sword soon be forgotten.

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 19:30 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.

וְיָ֨סְפָ֜הve.Ya.se.Fahand it will addH3254
פְּלֵיטַ֧תpe.lei.Tat[the] escaped remnant ofH6413
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
הַנִּשְׁאָרָ֖הha.nish.'a.Rahwhich remainsH7604
שֹׁ֣רֶשׁSho.resha rootH8328
לְמָ֑טָּהle.Ma.tah<to> downwardsH4295
וְעָשָׂ֥הve.'a.Sahand it will produceH6213
פְרִ֖יfe.RifruitH6529
לְמָֽעְלָה\׃le.Ma.'e.lah<to> upwards <towards>H4605

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 19:30

  • Isaiah 27:6

    He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

  • 2 Kings 19:4

    It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

  • Isaiah 10:20-22

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:22-23

    Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

  • Isaiah 1:9

    Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

  • Isaiah 37:31-32

    And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

  • Psalms 80:9

    Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the remnant that, etc. Heb. the escaping of the house ofJudah that remaineth.
4; 2Ch 32:22,23; Isa 1:9; 10:20-22
shall yet again.
Ps 80:9; Isa 27:6; 37:31,32

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Context

  • 2 Kings 19:29

    And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

  • 2 Kings 19:30

    And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

  • 2 Kings 19:31

    For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

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2 Kings 19:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y lo que hubiere escapado, lo que habrá quedado de la casa de Judá, tornará á echar raíz abajo, y hará fruto arriba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ce qui est réchappé et demeuré de reste de la maison de Juda poussera encore des racines en bas et produira du fruit en haut.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Entronnene vom Hause Juda, das übriggeblieben ist, wird wieder wurzeln nach unten und Frucht tragen nach oben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et quodcumque reliquum fuerit de domo Juda, mittet radicem deorsum, et faciet fructum sursum.