II Kings 18:20
“Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Kings 18:20 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Thou sayest (but they are but vain words), There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Du sagst doch nur ein Wort der Lippen ist es: Da ist Rat und Macht zum Kriege. Nun, auf wen vertraust du, daß du dich wider mich empört hast?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Dices, (por cierto palabras de labios): Consejo tengo y esfuerzo para la guerra. Mas ¿en qué confías, que te has rebelado contra mí?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Dizes, (por certo palavras de lábios): Tenho conselho e esforço para a guerra. Mas em que confias, que te rebelaste contra mim?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Tu falas apenas palavras inúteis, dizendo que tens aliados e força para a guerra. Em quem estás confiando? Quem te deu coragem para se rebelar contra mim?
📖 II Kings 18:20 in Context
18And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
19And Rab–shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
20Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
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