2 Kings 18:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But the Rab-shakeh replied, "Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you only? Has he not sent me to the people sitting on the wall—who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine with you?"

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men sitting on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971} me to thy master,{H113} and to thee, to speak{H1696} these words?{H1697} [hath he] not [sent me] to the men{H582} that sit{H3427} on the wall,{H2346} to eat{H398} their own dung,{H6675} and to drink{H8354} their own water{H7272} with you?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me to thy master{H113}, and to thee, to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} these words{H1697}? hath he not sent me to the men{H582} which sit{H3427}{(H8802)} on the wall{H2346}, that they may eat{H398}{(H8800)} their own dung{H6675}{(H8675)}{H2755}, and drink{H8354}{(H8800)} their own piss{H4325}{H7272}{(H8675)}{H7890} with you?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Neuertheles ye chefe butler sayde vnto the: Hath my lorde then sent me vnto thy lorde, or to the, to speake these wordes? Yee euen vnto the men, which syt vpon the wall, that they maye eate their owne donge and drynke their owne stale wt you.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But Rabshakeh saide vnto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master & to thee to speake these words, and not to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eate their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Rabsakeh sayde vnto them: Hath my maister sent me to thy maister and thee, to speake these wordes? Hath he not sent me because of the men which sit on the wall, that they may eate their owne dongue, & drinke their owne pisse with you?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the chief of the butlers saith unto them, `For thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men, those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water, with you?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? `hath he' not `sent me' to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But the Rab-shakeh said to them, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But the chief adviser said to them,“My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you.”

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 28:53-57 : 53 Because of the suffering your enemy inflicts upon you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of your womb—the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you. 54 Even the most tender and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who are still alive. 55 He will not share with any of them the flesh of his children that he is eating, because he has nothing else during the suffering and siege that your enemy will inflict on all your cities. 56 The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter. 57 She will secretly eat her afterbirth and the children she bears during the siege and suffering that your enemy inflicts upon your cities, because she is in dire need of food.
  • 2 Kgs 6:25 : 25 There was a great famine in Samaria, and it lasted until a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a kab of dove's dung went for five pieces of silver.
  • Ps 73:8 : 8 They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression.
  • Lam 4:5 : 5 Those who once feasted on delicacies now lie desolate in the streets; those who were brought up in fine crimson embrace ash heaps.
  • Ezek 4:13 : 13 The Lord said, 'In this way the people of Israel will eat their defiled bread among the nations where I will drive them.'
  • Ezek 4:15 : 15 He said to me, 'Look, I have given you cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may use it to bake your bread.'

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    25 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the LORD’s approval? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’"

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