2 Chronicles 32:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Do you not know what I and my ancestors have done to the peoples of the other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands able to deliver their land from my hand?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲלֹ֣א תֵדְע֗וּ מֶ֤ה עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ אֲנִ֣י וַאֲבוֹתַ֔י לְכֹ֖ל עַמֵּ֣י הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת הֲיָכ֣וֹל יָֽכְל֗וּ אֱלֹהֵי֙ גּוֹיֵ֣ הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶת־אַרְצָ֖ם מִיָּדִֽי

Transliteration

Do-not ṯēḏəʿû what ʿāśîṯî I and-ʾăḇôṯay to-all ʿammê the-ʾărāṣôṯ hăyāḵôl yāḵəlû ʾĕlōhê gôyê the-ʾărāṣôṯ to-haṣṣîl ʾet-ʾarṣām from-yāḏî

Grammar Details

• *ṯēḏəʿû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you know
• *ʿāśîṯî*: qal perfect, 1st singular - I did/made
• *ʾăḇôṯay*: masculine plural noun with 1st singular suffix - my fathers
• *ʿammê*: masculine plural construct - peoples of
• *ʾărāṣôṯ*: feminine plural noun with definite article - the lands
• *hăyāḵôl*: interrogative + qal infinitive absolute - being able
• *yāḵəlû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were able
• *ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct - gods of
• *gôyê*: masculine plural construct - nations of
• *haṣṣîl*: hiphil infinitive construct - to deliver
• *ʾarṣām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their land
• *yāḏî*: feminine singular noun with 1st singular suffix - my hand

Word Meanings

• *yāḏaʿ*: to know/understand/perceive
• *ʿāśāh*: to do/make/accomplish
• *yāḵōl*: to be able/prevail/endure
• *nāṣal*: to deliver/rescue/save
• *yāḏ*: hand/power/control

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of those lands able to deliver their lands out of my hand?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Know{H3045} ye not what I and my fathers{H1} have done{H6213} unto all the peoples{H5971} of the lands?{H776} Were the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} of the lands{H776} in any wise{H3201} able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} their land{H776} out of my hand?{H3027}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Know{H3045}{(H8799)} ye not what I and my fathers{H1} have done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto all the people{H5971} of other lands{H776}? were the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} of those lands{H776} any ways{H3201}{(H8800)} able{H3201}{(H8804)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} their lands{H776} out of mine hand{H3027}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done to all ye people in the londes? Haue the goddes of the Heythen in the londes bene able to delyuer their countrees fro my hande?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto all the people of other countreyes? Were the gods of the nations of other landes able to deliuer their land out of mine hande?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto the people of all landes? Were the gods of the people of other landes, able or mightie to saue their landes out of my hande?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of [other] lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Don't you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Do ye not know what I have done -- I and my fathers -- to all peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands at all able to deliver their land out of my hand?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Have you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Don't you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power?

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 18:33-35 : 33 Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 35 Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'
• 2 Kgs 19:11-13 : 11 You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. Will you then be delivered? 12 Did the gods of the nations that my fathers destroyed rescue them—nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where now is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?
• 2 Kgs 19:17-19 : 17 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands. 18 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but merely the work of human hands—wood and stone. 19 But now, Lord our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God.
• 2 Chr 32:19 : 19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the peoples of the earth—products of human hands.
• Ps 115:3-8 : 3 Our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 5 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see. 6 They have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell. 7 They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats. 8 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
• Isa 10:9-9 : 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? And is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 Just as my hand seized the kingdoms of idols, whose carved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
• Isa 10:14 : 14 My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.
• Isa 37:12-13 : 12 Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar—deliver them? 13 Where now is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, or of Hena and Ivvah?
• Isa 37:18-20 : 18 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands. 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. 20 Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You, LORD, alone are God.
• Isa 44:8-9 : 8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and declare it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides Me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one. 9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses see nothing and know nothing, so they will be put to shame. 10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol that can profit nothing?
• Jer 10:11-12 : 11 Tell them this: 'The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.' 12 God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the Lord Almighty is His name.
• Dan 4:30 : 30 Immediately, what was spoken about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people, ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
• Dan 5:19 : 19 Because of the greatness that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whomever he wanted, spared whomever he wanted, exalted whomever he wanted, and humbled whomever he wanted.
• Acts 19:26 : 26 You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods.
• 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 So then, concerning eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and there is no God but one.
• 2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He took the people into exile to Assyria.
• 2 Kgs 17:5-6 : 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor River, and in the cities of Media.