Isaiah 37 · Verse 12

Isaiah 37:12

Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
Isaiah 37:12, King James Version

Isaiah 37:12 in other translations

BSBDid the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
WEBHave the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
ASVHave the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?
YLTDid the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed--Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who are in Telassar?
DARBYHave thegods of the nations which my fathers have destroyed delivered them, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Thelassar?
BBEDid the gods of the nations keep safe those on whom my fathers sent destruction, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
WebsterHave the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?

What does Isaiah 37:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. Gozan--in Mesopotamia, on the Chabour (2Ki 17:6; 18:11). Gozan is the name of the district, Chabour of the river. Haran--more to the west. Abraham removed to it from Ur (Ge 11:31); the Carroe of the Romans. Rezeph--farther west, in Syria. Eden--There is an ancient village, Adna, north of Baghdad. Some think Eden to be the name of a region (of Mesopotamia or its vicinity) in which was Paradise; Paradise was not Eden itself (Ge 2:8). "A garden in Eden." Telassar--now Tel-afer, west of Mosul [Layard]. Tel means a "hill" in Arabic and Assyrian names.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 As Gozan, and Haran - חרן Charan: but הרן Haran is the reading of four of Kennicott's MSS. and one of De Rossi's.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Isaiah 37:12 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.

הַהִצִּ֨ילוּha.hi.Tzi.lu¿ did they deliverH5337
אוֹתָ֜ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
אֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.Hei[the] gods ofH430
הַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
הִשְׁחִ֣יתוּhish.Chi.tuthey destroyedH7843
אֲבוֹתַ֔י'a.vo.Taiancestors myH1
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
גּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanGozanH1470
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
חָרָ֑ןcha.RanHaranH2771
וְרֶ֥צֶףve.Re.tzefand RezephH7530
וּבְנֵי\־u.ve.nei-and [the] people ofH1121
עֶ֖דֶן'E.denEdenH5729
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834
בִּתְלַשָּֽׂר\׃bit.la.Sar[were] in TelassarH8515

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Cross references for Isaiah 37:12

  • Genesis 11:31

    And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

  • 2 Kings 17:6

    In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

  • 2 Kings 18:11

    And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

  • Acts 7:2

    And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

  • 2 Kings 19:12

    Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?

  • Ezekiel 28:13

    Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

  • Ezekiel 27:23

    Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

  • Genesis 12:1-4

    Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

  • Genesis 12:14

    And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

  • Genesis 2:8

    And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

  • Isaiah 36:20

    Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

  • Genesis 28:10

    And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the gods.
36:20; 46:5-7
Gozan.
2Ki 17:6; 18:11; 19:12
Haran.Haran, the Carrhæ of the Greeks and Romans, is situated in the north-west part of Mesopotamia, between the Euphrates and the river Chebar; about 110 miles west of Nisibis, 90 east of Bir, 100 south of Diarbekir, and 170 north of Palmyra.
Ge 11:31; 12:14; 28:10; 29:4; Ac 7:2
Eden.It is probable that this Eden is the country near Diarbekir, on the Tigris, called Mâdon, according to Asseman.
Ge 2:8; Eze 27:23; 28:13; Am 1:5
Telassar.Telassar is probably the same as Ellasar, Ge 14:1, as the Jerusalem Targum reads; for both of which the Syriac has Dolassar; and perhaps, as Doederlein supposes, the same as Sharra, a city of Mesopotamia, half a mile from the Euphrates.
2Ki 19:12
Thelasar.

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Context

  • Isaiah 37:11

    Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

  • Isaiah 37:12

    Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

  • Isaiah 37:13

    Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

Read all of Isaiah 37

Isaiah 37:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Libraron los dioses de las gentes á los que destruyeron mis antepasados, á Gozán, y Harán, Rezeph, y á los hijos de Edén que moraban en Thelasar?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Est-ce que les dieux des nations, que mes pères ont détruites, les ont délivrées, Gozan, et Charan, et Rétseph, et les fils d’Éden qui étaient en Thelassar?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Haben die Götter der Nationen, welche meine Väter vernichtet haben, sie errettet: Gosan und Haran und Rezeph und die Kinder Edens, die in Telassar waren?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Numquid eruerunt eos dii gentium quos subverterunt patres mei, Gozam, et Haram, et Reseph, et filios Eden qui erant in Thalassar?