2 Kings 19:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Because of your raging against Me and your arrogance that has reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַ֚עַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ אֵלַ֔י וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ עָלָ֣ה בְאָזְנָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אתָ בָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Because hitragezkā to-me, and-ša'ănankā 'ālâ in-'oznāy, and-śamtî ḥaḥî in-'appekā, and-mitgî in-śᵊpātêkā, and-hăšîḇōtîkā in-the-derek which-bā'tā on-it.

Grammar Details

• *hitragezkā*: Hitpael infinitive construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your raging
• *ša'ănankā*: noun masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your arrogance
• *'ālâ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it has come up
• *'oznāy*: noun feminine dual construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my ears
• *śamtî*: Qal perfect 1st person common singular - I will put
• *ḥaḥî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my hook
• *'appekā*: noun masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your nose
• *mitgî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my bridle
• *śᵊpātêkā*: noun feminine dual construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your lips
• *hăšîḇōtîkā*: Hiphil perfect 1st person common singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix with waw consecutive - and I will turn you back
• *derek*: noun masculine singular - way/road
• *bā'tā*: Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you came

Word Meanings

• *hitragezkā*: your raging/being agitated/being in turmoil
• *ša'ănankā*: your arrogance/complacency/self-confidence
• *'ālâ*: has come up/ascended/entered
• *'oznāy*: my ears/hearing
• *śamtî*: I will put/place/set
• *ḥaḥî*: my hook/ring/nose-ring
• *'appekā*: your nose/nostrils/face
• *mitgî*: my bridle/bit/muzzle
• *śᵊpātêkā*: your lips/speech/language
• *hăšîḇōtîkā*: I will turn you back/return you/bring you back
• *derek*: way/road/path/journey
• *bā'tā*: you came/entered/arrived

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Because your rage against me and your tumult have come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Because of thy raging{H7264} against me, and because thine arrogancy{H7600} is come up{H5927} into mine ears,{H241} therefore will I put{H7760} my hook{H2397} in thy nose,{H639} and my bridle{H4964} in thy lips,{H8193} and I will turn thee back{H7725} by the way{H1870} by which thou camest.{H935}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Because thy rage{H7264}{(H8692)} against me and thy tumult{H7600} is come up{H5927}{(H8804)} into mine ears{H241}, therefore I will put{H7760}{(H8804)} my hook{H2397} in thy nose{H639}, and my bridle{H4964} in thy lips{H8193}, and I will turn thee back{H7725}{(H8689)} by the way{H1870} by which thou camest{H935}{(H8804)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For so moch then as thou ragest agaynst me, and seynge thy presumpcion is come vp to myne eares, therfore wyll I put a rynge in thy nose, and a brydle bytt in thy lippes, and wyll brynge the agayne, euen the same waye thou camest.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vp to mine eares, I will put mine hooke in thy nostrels, and my bridle in thy lippes, and will bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And because thou ragest against me, & thy tumult is come vp to myne eares, I will put my hoke in thy nostrels, and my byt in thy lippes, and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise -- it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because your wrath against me and your words of pride have come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Because you rage against me, and the uproar you create has reached my ears; I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came.”

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 29:4 : 4 I will put hooks in your jaws, and make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. I will pull you up from among your rivers, and all the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.
• 2 Kgs 19:33 : 33 By the way that he came, he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the Lord.
• Ezek 38:4 : 4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them wielding swords.
• Amos 4:2 : 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: 'Indeed, the days are coming upon you when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.'
• Job 41:2 : 2 No one is fierce enough to stir him up, and who then can stand against me?
• Ps 2:1-5 : 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One. 3 Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us. 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. 5 Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath:
• Ps 7:6 : 6 then let my enemy chase me, overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
• Ps 10:13-14 : 13 Why does the wicked spurn God? He says in his heart, 'You will not call me to account.' 14 But You have seen; for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by Your hand. The helpless entrusts themselves to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
• Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled with bit and bridle or they will not come near you.
• Ps 46:6 : 6 God is within her, she will not be moved; God will help her at the break of dawn.
• Ps 65:7 : 7 You formed the mountains by your strength, being armed with power.
• Ps 74:4 : 4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your assembly place; they have set up their signs as signs.
• Ps 74:23 : 23 Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of those who rise against You, which continually ascends.
• Ps 83:2 : 2 O God, do not remain silent; do not be still or quiet, O Mighty One.
• Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The rivers have lifted up, O LORD, the rivers have lifted up their voice; the rivers lift up their roaring. 4 More than the sounds of many waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty.
• Isa 30:28 : 28 His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He will sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and place a bridle in the jaws of the peoples, leading them astray.
• Ezek 19:9 : 9 They put him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds so his roaring would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.
• Luke 6:11 : 11 But they were filled with rage and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
• John 15:18 : 18 If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.
• John 15:23-24 : 23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father. 24 If I had not done the works among them that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these works, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
• Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.
• 2 Kgs 19:36-37 : 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. 37 While he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They fled to the land of Ararat, and his son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.